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Trailing vs Tracking - What's the difference?

trailing | tracking |

As verbs the difference between trailing and tracking

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

As nouns the difference between trailing and tracking

is that trailing is fabric or other material that trails while tracking is the act by which something is tracked.

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

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    tracking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is tracked.
  • * 1963 , Abraham C. Keller, The Telling of Tales in Rabelais: Aspects of His Narrative Art
    • In volume, the erudite studies of his language, the trackings of his numerous references to persons, places, and things around him, and the reconstruction of the details of his little-known life have occupied the most attention