tracing and trading differ by a single letter, buried far enough into the word to be easy to miss. tracing means “the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline”. trading means “buying or selling securities or commodities”. trading is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈtɹeɪsɪŋ/
1.n.the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline
2.n.a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
3.n.the discovery and description of the course of development of something
“the tracing of genealogies”
/ˈtɹeɪdɪŋ/
1.n.buying or selling securities or commodities
| tracing | trading | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɹeɪsɪŋ/ | /ˈtɹeɪdɪŋ/ |
| Said | TRAY-sing | TRAY-ding |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Letters | 7 | 7 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun |
| Senses | 3 | 1 |
| How common | Familiar | Common |
| Synonyms | none recorded | none recorded |
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