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Topping vs Toppling - What's the difference?

topping | toppling |

As verbs the difference between topping and toppling

is that topping is present participle of lang=en while toppling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between topping and toppling

is that topping is any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza while toppling is the act by which something is toppled.

As an adjective topping

is wonderful.

topping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, informal, dated) wonderful
  • * 1953 , Roald Dahl, Galloping Foxley
    • 'Well,' he said, settling back in the seat directly opposite. 'It's a topping day.'
  • (archaic) Assuming superiority; proud.
  • * South
    • The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * top off * topper-offer

    Coordinate terms

    * (food items added on top) garnish

    toppling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is toppled.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 22, author=Jennifer Dunning, title=Works Not New, but Right for the Time, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=And in “Central Park in the Dark” and her haunting response to “The Unanswered Question,” Sokolow evokes more small-town anomie in spare shifts of ranks, topplings and rises. }}