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Sapping vs Zapping - What's the difference?

sapping | zapping |

As verbs the difference between sapping and zapping

is that sapping is present participle of lang=en while zapping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between sapping and zapping

is that sapping is the act by which something is sapped or depleted while zapping is the act or result of being zapped.

sapping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is sapped or depleted.
  • * (Joseph Story)
    • [The government] may be destroyed by popular violence, or the madness of party, or the deeper sappings of corruption.

    zapping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or result of being zapped.
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