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Spacer vs Spacing - What's the difference?

spacer | spacing |

As nouns the difference between spacer and spacing

is that spacer is a person who works in space while spacing is the action of the verb {{term|space|lang=en}}.

As a verb spacing is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective spacing is

that inserts space between two objects.

spacer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who works in space.
  • An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
  • A bushing.
  • (slang) A forgetful person.
  • (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.

    • Anagrams

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    spacing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb space.
  • A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.
    • The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.
  • The space between two objects or people.
    • Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.

    Derived terms

    * automatic spacing * channel spacing * double-spacing * echo spacing * French spacing * interframe spacing * letter-spacing, letterspacing * level spacing distribution * line-spacing * measured spacing * optical spacing * segment long spacing * self-spacing tile * single-spacing * spacing effect * spacing mark * spacing mix * third-spacing * triple-spacing * word spacing * zero spacing flux

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That inserts space between two objects.

    • Derived terms

    * long-spacing sonic log * non-spacing, nonspacing

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