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Tinning vs Twinning - What's the difference?

tinning | twinning |

As verbs the difference between tinning and twinning

is that tinning is while twinning is .

As nouns the difference between tinning and twinning

is that tinning is a covering or lining of tin while twinning is action of the verb to twin .

As an adjective twinning is

biparous.

tinning

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covering or lining of tin.
  • * 1852 , The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Volume 77 (page 175)
  • he admits that sometimes poisonings produced by utensils with worn tinnings are not caused by saturnine colic.
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    twinning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to twin
  • giving birth to twins
  • the pairing of similar objects (such as towns)
  • (mineralogy) the formation of twin crystals
  • (transport) the conversion of a road into a dual carriageway
  • Derived terms

    * crystal twinning * town twinning

    Adjective

    (-)
  • biparous
  • See also

    * gemination * twining