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Seating vs Sealing - What's the difference?

seating | sealing |

As nouns the difference between seating and sealing

is that seating is (uncountable) the provision of chairs or other places for people to sit while sealing is action of the verb to seal in any sense or sealing can be hunting of seals (the animals ).

As verbs the difference between seating and sealing

is that seating is while sealing is or sealing can be .

As an adjective sealing is

used for closing securely.

seating

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit
    • There is plenty of comfortable seating .
  • (countable) A period of time in which a restaurant will seat guests
  • * {{quote-news, 1989, January 19, Ann Conway, 'Celebrity Cook-Off' Adds Laughs to Menu, Los Angeles Times citation
    • , passage=They had three seatings and too many people. So, we raised our prices and kept it to two seatings.}}
  • Material for making seats.
    • cane seating
  • A housing in which a component is seated.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    sealing

    English

    Etymology 1

    (seal) (device )

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Used for closing securely.
    • 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 wax

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • Action of the verb to seal in any sense.
    • Derived terms
    * seam sealing

    Etymology 2

    (seal) (mammal )

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • Hunting of seals (the animals ).
    • Derived terms
    * sealing-voyage

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