Timing vs Moment - What's the difference?
timing | moment |
(obsolete) An occurrence or event.
(uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
(uncountable) The time when something happens.
(uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
(countable) An instance of recording the time of something.
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A brief, unspecified amount of time.
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, passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
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, title= The smallest portion of time; an instant.
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, title= Weight or importance.
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* 1904 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), (The Adventure of the Second Stain) , (Norton 2005, p.1192)
The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.
(label) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
(label) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
(label) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.
(label) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
As nouns the difference between timing and moment
is that timing is an occurrence or event while moment is a brief, unspecified amount of time.As a verb timing
is present participle of lang=en.timing
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Derived terms
* active timing * attack timing * back-timing * basic ignition timing * basic timing * color timing * comic timing * computer-controlled timing * continuous variable valve timing * dynamic ignition timing * ignition timing * market timing * sequential valve timing * signal timing * stress timing * syllable timing * targa timing * target timing * valve timing * variable cam timing * variable valve timingVerb
(head)moment
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(en noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
Sam Leith
Where the profound meets the profane, passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
- In deep designs, in matter of great moment , / No less importing than our general good.
- The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment .