Sizing vs Siding - What's the difference?
sizing | siding |
A gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins.
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(UK, Cambridge University, dated) food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student
A weak glue used in various trades; size.
(label) A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
(rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction).
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As nouns the difference between sizing and siding
is that sizing is a gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins while siding is (label) a building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building or siding can be (rail transport) a second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction).As verbs the difference between sizing and siding
is that sizing is while siding is .sizing
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(head)See also
* sizing upsiding
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)- Ugh. If there's one thing I can't stand it's cheesy vinyl siding .
Synonyms
* cladding (UK)Etymology 2
Verb
(head)- Whenever he hears an argument, he can't help siding with one party or the other.
Etymology 3
.Noun
(en noun)- They slept where they could, sometimes in an empty truck on a siding near the station, sometimes in a cart behind a warehouse; [...]