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Trailing vs Tractive - What's the difference?

trailing | tractive |

As adjectives the difference between trailing and tractive

is that trailing is (rail transport|of points and crossovers) that converges in the direction of travel while tractive is pertaining to traction.

As a verb trailing

is .

As a noun trailing

is fabric or other material that trails.

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

    * *

    tractive

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to traction.
    • This locomotive develops 130,000 pounds of tractive effort.
  • * 1912 , Flight [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZTY6AQAAMAAJ]
    • The outer third of the wing of a vulture consists of the wing tips. The inner two-thirds of the wing are cambered (when the wing is extended), and are concerned with lifting effort in unsoarable air and with lifting and tractive effort in soarable air.

    Derived terms

    * tractiveness