Blocking vs Stopping - What's the difference?
blocking | stopping |
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
* Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
(theater) The precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera (originally planned using miniature blocks).
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
The act of something that stops; a halt.
Material for filling a cavity.
(mining) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
As verbs the difference between blocking and stopping
is that blocking is present participle of lang=en while stopping is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between blocking and stopping
is that blocking is the act by which something is blocked; an obstruction while stopping is the act of something that stops; a halt.blocking
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(en noun)- Miss H.'s voice was clear and intelligible, although it alternated between vocal blockings and extreme vocal hurry, every clause being jetted out suddenly, and rapidly decaying into aphonia.
stopping
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(en noun)- constant startings and stoppings
- (Youatt)