In mining|lang=en terms the difference between stowing and gobbing
is that stowing is (mining) a method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein while gobbing is (mining) the refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.
As verbs the difference between stowing and gobbing
is that stowing is while gobbing is .
As nouns the difference between stowing and gobbing
is that stowing is (mining) a method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein while gobbing is (mining) the refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.
stowing
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(-)
(mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
gobbing
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
en noun)
(mining) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.
-
The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
(
Webster 1913)