Slashing vs. Hacking

Slashing vs. Hacking — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Slashing and Hacking

Slashingnoun

The action of something that slashes.

The criminal gang carried out razor slashings on their enemies.

Hackingadjective

Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.

Slashingnoun

slash woody debris

Hackingnoun

(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.

Slashingadjective

as if striking with slashing blows;

his slashing demon-ridden cadenza

Hackingnoun

(computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.

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Hackingnoun

(pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.

Hackingnoun

A kick in the shins.

Hackingnoun

(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.

Hackingnoun

A riding or journey on horseback.

Hackingnoun

(obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.

Hackingnoun

The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.

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Hackingnoun

The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.

Hackingnoun

The piling of bricks for drying.