different between sealing vs closing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Homophone: ceiling

Etymology 1

seal (“device”) +? -ing

Adjective

sealing (not comparable)

1. Used for closing securely.

Derived terms

Verb

sealing

1. present participle of seal

Noun

sealing (countable and uncountable, plural sealings)

1. Action of the verb to seal in any sense.

Derived terms

• seam sealing

Etymology 2

seal (“mammal”) +? -ing

Verb

sealing

1. present participle of seal

Noun

sealing (uncountable)

1. Hunting of seals (the animals).

Derived terms

• sealing-voyage

Translations

Anagrams

• Eaglins, Sinegal, gas line, leasing, lignase, linages

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kl??z??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?klo?z??/
• Rhymes: -??z??

Noun

closing (plural closings)

1. The act by which something is closed.

   openings and closings of doors

2. The end or conclusion of something.

   the closing of a popular play

3. The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.
4. (mathematics) In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.

Derived terms

• early closing

Translations

Adjective

closing (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.

   I'd like to add some closing words.

   The closing scene of Miller's "Death of a Salesman" cannot but evoke a feeling of deep pathos.

Derived terms

• closing speed
• self-closing

Translations

Verb

closing

1. present participle of close