Molding vs Shaping - What's the difference?
molding | shaping |
The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.
(woodwork) A planing machine for making moldings.
(founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
(milling) A mill for shaping timber.
(founding) A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.
The action of the verb to shape .
* 1996 , Mike Michael, Constructing Identities: The Social, the Nonhuman and Change
(psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in operant conditioning.
As nouns the difference between molding and shaping
is that molding is the act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder while shaping is the action of the verb to shape.As a verb shaping is
present participle of lang=en.molding
English
Alternative forms
* moulding (mainly UK)Noun
(en noun)shaping
English
Noun
(en noun)- In contrast to the (to be sure, productive) shapings and constrainings of human identities in the sociotechnical network, here we have an expansion of identity.