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Welt vs Piping - What's the difference?

welt | piping |

As nouns the difference between welt and piping

is that welt is a raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal while piping is the process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.

As verbs the difference between welt and piping

is that welt is to cause to have welts, to beat while piping is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective piping is

high-pitched.

welt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
  • (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
  • A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
  • In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
  • In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
  • In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
  • (heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to have welts, to beat.
  • To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.
  • piping

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
  • The sound of musical pipes.
  • An act of making music or noise with pipes.
  • A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
  • the piping of a house
  • An ornamentation on pastry edges and seams.
  • An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
  • Piped icing on a cake.
  • (botany) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
  • (botany) propagation by cuttings
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • High-pitched.
  • His piping voice could be heard above the hubbub.

    Derived terms

    * piping hot

    See also

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