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Tacking vs Hacking - What's the difference?

tacking | hacking |

As nouns the difference between tacking and hacking

is that tacking is loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc while hacking is (computing) playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.

As verbs the difference between tacking and hacking

is that tacking is while hacking is .

As an adjective hacking is

short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

tacking

English

Noun

  • loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc
  • (nautical) the act of changing tack
  • (legal) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim.
    • (Bouvier)
    (Kent)

    Verb

    (head)

    • hacking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
    • A hacking''' cough. A '''hacking''' laugh. A '''hacking''' breath. A '''hacking cry.
    A more hacking and harrowing cough I have never heard.
    Anise will diminish the most hacking cough to where it is no longer irritating.
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    • Usage notes

    Most non-creative collocations are the phrases given as examples.

    Derived terms

    * hacking cough * hackingly

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
    • From hacker'': ''"A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular." — RFC 1392
  • (computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
  • (pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
  • (sports, chiefly, American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
  • (massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
  • (UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback. (Plural hackings.)
  • (obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
  • (obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
  • (obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
  • (obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.

    • Derived terms

    * hacking coat, hacking jacket, hacking-seat * hacking run

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    See also

    *pirate

    References

    * (Vol. IV, p. 2675–2676; supplement Vol. XI, p. 559) * “hacking” in Harrap's Shorter , 2006, p. 416 * “hacking” in Concise English Dictionary , Wordsworth, 2007, p. 405 * “ hacking” at Wordnik