Tile vs Tiling - What's the difference?
tile | tiling |
A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=3 (computing) A rectangular graphic.
Any of various types of cuboid playing piece used in certain games, such as in dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
(dated) A stiff hat.
To cover with tiles.
(computing) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
A covering of tiles.
The act of applying tiles.
As nouns the difference between tile and tiling
is that tile is a regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc while tiling is a covering of tiles.As verbs the difference between tile and tiling
is that tile is to cover with tiles or tile can be to protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated while tiling is .tile
English
(wikipedia tile)Etymology 1
(etyl)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
- (Dickens)
Derived terms
* glazed tile * out on the tiles * tileworkVerb
Etymology 2
See .Alternative forms
* tyleVerb
(til)- to tile a Masonic lodge
- tile the door
Anagrams
*tiling
English
Noun
- All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it.
- We spent all day doing the tiling in the bathroom.
