The difference between Covering and Housing
When used as nouns, covering means that which covers something, whereas housing means the activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
check bellow for the other definitions of Covering and Housing
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Covering as a noun (countable):
That which covers something.
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Covering as a noun (uncountable):
Action of the verb to cover.
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Covering as a verb:
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Housing as a verb:
Examples:
"We are housing the company's servers in Florida."
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Housing as a noun (uncountable):
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
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Housing as a noun (uncountable):
Residences, collectively.
Examples:
"She lives in low-income housing."
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Housing as a noun (countable):
A mechanical component's container or covering.
Examples:
"The gears were grinding against their housing."
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Housing as a noun:
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
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Housing as a noun:
An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
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Housing as a noun (architecture):
The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
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Housing as a noun:
A niche for a statue.
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Housing as a noun (nautical):
That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
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Housing as a noun (nautical):
A houseline.