Coping vs. Coving — What's the Difference?

Coping means to invest one's own conscious effort, to solve personal and interpersonal problems, in order to try to master, minimize or tolerate stress and conflict.The psychological coping mechanisms are commonly termed coping strategies or coping skills. The term coping generally refers to adaptive (constructive) coping strategies, that is, strategies which reduce stress.

See cove1.

The top layer or course of a masonry wall, usually having a slanting upper surface to shed water; a cope.

A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall.

(architecture) The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.

The vertical sides connecting the jambs with the breast of a fireplace.

(psychology) The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.

(urban studies) A method of urban planning used in subdivision and redevelopment of cities characterized by non-uniform lot shapes.

(falconry) Clipping the beak or talons of a bird.

A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story.

Present participle of cope

The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; - sometimes called capping.

Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall