Sanding vs. Filing

Sanding vs. Filing — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Sanding and Filing

Sandingnoun

The act or process by which something is sanded; the application of sandpaper, etc.

Filingnoun

Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.

Sandingnoun

A type of dancing where the floor is covered in sand. See Sanding (dance).

Filingnoun

The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.

Sandingnoun

The process of testing the surface of gilding, after it has been fired, with fine sand and water.

Filingnoun

Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.

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Sandingnoun

The process of burying oysters in sand.

Filingverb

present participle of file

Sandingnoun

The process of applying sand to rails in railway track to aid adhesion.

Filingnoun

the entering of a legal document into the public record;

he filed a complainthe filed his tax return

Filingnoun

a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file

Filingnoun

the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)

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Filingnoun

preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.;

I have some filing to do