different between sealing vs packing

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

Etymology

From Middle English pakkyng; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pak??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pæk??/
• Rhymes: -æk??

Verb

packing

1. present participle of pack

Derived terms

Noun

packing (plural packings)

1. The action of the verb.
   1. The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
   2. (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
   3. The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
   4. (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
2. As a concrete noun.
   1. Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
   2. Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
   3. A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
   4. Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.

      Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column

Derived terms

• packing case
• packinghouse
• packing plant
• packing room