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Tabling vs Tailing - What's the difference?

tabling | tailing |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between tabling and tailing

is that tabling is (obsolete) board; support while tailing is (obsolete) the lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.

As verbs the difference between tabling and tailing

is that tabling is while tailing is .

As nouns the difference between tabling and tailing

is that tabling is a forming into tables; a setting down in order while tailing is the act of following someone.

tabling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A forming into tables; a setting down in order.
  • (carpentry) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.
  • (nautical) A broad hem on the edge of a sail.
  • (Totten)
  • (obsolete) board; support
  • (Webster 1913)

    tailing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of following someone.
  • (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
  • (Gwilt)
  • (obsolete) sexual intercourse
  • (Chaucer)
  • (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
  • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * tailings