Tiling vs. Tessellation — What's the Difference?

The laying of tiles.

A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellation can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of geometries.

Tiles considered as a group.

To form into a mosaic pattern, as by using small squares of stone or glass.

A tiled surface.

(uncountable) The property or fact of tessellating.

A covering of tiles.

(countable) A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane.

(uncountable) The act of applying tiles.

(less common) polygon tessellation.

(geometry) A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.

The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.

(comptheory) A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.

The careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern;

Present participle of tile

The act of adorning with mosaic

A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles.

Tiles, collectively.

The application of tiles to cover a surface