Sealing vs Caulking - What's the difference?
sealing | caulking |
Used for closing securely.
Action of the verb to seal in any sense.
Hunting of seals (the animals ).
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
* 2001 , Middle Age: A Romance , (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 17)
As verbs the difference between sealing and caulking
is that sealing is present participle of lang=en while caulking is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between sealing and caulking
is that sealing is action of the verb to seal in any sense while caulking is a sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.As an adjective sealing
is used for closing securely.sealing
English
Etymology 1
(seal) (device )Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* self-sealing * sealing apparatus * sealing bath * sealing bloom * sealing cell * sealing compound * sealing material * sealing money * sealing power * sealing smut * sealing strip * sealing-thread * sealing-water * sealing-wax, sealing waxVerb
(head)Noun
Derived terms
* seam sealingEtymology 2
(seal) (mammal )Verb
(head)Noun
(-)Derived terms
* sealing-voyageAnagrams
*caulking
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en-noun)- Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships.
- Marina's bedroom was a small charming room with small charming windows of aged glass, dating to the mid-1800s, windowpanes badly in need of caulking , overlooking St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church with its heraldic spire floating on the night sky, and its ancient bumpy churchyard.