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Trailing vs Tailing - What's the difference?

trailing | tailing |

As verbs the difference between trailing and tailing

is that trailing is present participle of lang=en while tailing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between trailing and tailing

is that trailing is fabric or other material that trails while tailing is the act of following someone.

As an adjective trailing

is that converges in the direction of travel.

trailing

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (rail transport, of points and crossovers) That converges in the direction of travel.
  • Antonyms

    * facing

    Derived terms

    * trailing points

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Fabric or other material that trails.
  • * Mary E. Wilkins, The Portion of Labor
  • * 2010 , Regina S. Baraban, Joseph F. Durocher, Successful Restaurant Design
  • All too often, the spout of a soap dispenser rests over the counter and leaves trailings of soap that must be wiped up frequently if a clean appearance is to be maintained.

    Anagrams

    * *

    tailing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of following someone.
  • (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
  • (Gwilt)
  • (obsolete) sexual intercourse
  • (Chaucer)
  • (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
  • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * tailings