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Screening vs Viewing - What's the difference?

screening | viewing |

As nouns the difference between screening and viewing

is that screening is mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door") while viewing is an instance of viewing something.

As verbs the difference between screening and viewing

is that screening is present participle of lang=en while viewing is present participle of lang=en.

screening

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
    • I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts.
  • The process of checking or filtering.
    • The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient.
  • The showing of a film
  • The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
  • (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
  • (soccer) shielding

    • Verb

    (head)

    • viewing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of viewing something.
    • The agent took them to the property for a viewing .
    I hated the film at first, but with subsequent viewings it has grown on me.
  • (senseid) A wake.