Planing vs. Plaining — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Planing and Plaining
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Planing
Not an independent word but used with other words to convey their meaning i.e. hydroplaning
Plaining
Present participle of plain
Planing
A carpenter's tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing and leveling wood.
Plaining
A lamentation.
Planing
A trowel-shaped tool for smoothing the surface of clay, sand, or plaster in a mold.
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Plaining
Complaint.
Planing
To smooth or finish with a plane
Planed the door.
Plaining
Complaining.
Planing
To remove with a plane
Plane off the rough edges on a board.
Planing
To work with a plane.
Planing
To rise partly out of the water, as a hydroplane does at high speeds.
Planing
To soar or glide.
Planing
To travel by airplane.
Planing
Present participle of plane
Planing
The act by which something is planed.
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