Difference between Covering and Screening

What is the difference between Covering and Screening?

Covering as a noun is that which covers something. while Screening as a noun is mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").

Covering

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That which covers something. Action of the verb to cover.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

Example sentence: Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering up a shot. I take pride in that - and, of course, in having avoided the fate of Eyes Wide Shut.

Screening

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").The process of checking or filtering.The showing of a filmThe examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractionsshieldingMaterial removed by such a process

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To filter by passing through a screen.

Example sentence: An estimated 2 million American women will be diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer this decade and screening could prevent up to 30% of these deaths for women over 40.

We hope you now know whether to use Covering or Screening in your sentence.

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