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Stacking vs Overlapping - What's the difference?

stacking | overlapping |

As nouns the difference between stacking and overlapping

is that stacking is the act by which something is stacked while overlapping is the situation in which things overlap.

As verbs the difference between stacking and overlapping

is that stacking is present participle of lang=en while overlapping is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective overlapping is

pertaining to something that overlaps something else.

stacking

English

Noun

  • The act by which something is stacked.
    • the number of possible stackings of eight boxes
  • (uncountable) Sport stacking.
  • (chemistry, countable) A stacked arrangement of often aromatic molecules, adopted due to interatomic interactions.
  • Making claims for a single incident on multiple insurance policies.
  • (photography) An image processing technique to reduce noise or add special effects.
  • (television) A technique for keeping a captive audience by grouping together programs with similar appeal.

    • Derived terms

    * antistacking

    Verb

    (head)

    • overlapping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to something that overlaps something else.
    • 1851' ''A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the '''overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.'' — Herman Melville, Moby Dick.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The situation in which things overlap.