Tipping vs Topping - What's the difference?
tipping | topping |
The practice of leaving a tip (gratuity).
The act by which something is tipped or inclined.
* 2013 , Peter Andersson, Streetlife in Late Victorian London: The Constable and the Crowd
The dumping of rubbish.
(music) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.
(UK, informal, dated) wonderful
* 1953 , Roald Dahl, Galloping Foxley
(archaic) Assuming superiority; proud.
* South
any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza
The act of cutting off the top of something.
(nautical) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
As nouns the difference between tipping and topping
is that tipping is the practice of leaving a tip (gratuity) while topping is any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.As verbs the difference between tipping and topping
is that tipping is present participle of lang=en while topping is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective topping is
wonderful.tipping
English
Noun
(en noun)- Hat-tippings and cap-doffings are of course of a different nature to more elaborate verbal greetings. In etiquette manuals they may be described as incentives to a conversation, but in practice they seem to have been quite ceremonial.
Verb
(head)topping
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- 'Well,' he said, settling back in the seat directly opposite. 'It's a topping day.'
- The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world.