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Shutting vs Shunting - What's the difference?

shutting | shunting |

As verbs the difference between shutting and shunting

is that shutting is while shunting is .

As nouns the difference between shutting and shunting

is that shutting is the act by which something is shut while shunting is connecting an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.

shutting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is shut.
    • openings and shuttings of doors

    shunting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • connecting an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them
  • the manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks