coping vs layer

coping

noun
  • Clipping the beak or talons of a bird. 

  • The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict. 

  • The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water. 

layer

noun
  • A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs. 

  • One of the items in a hierarchy. 

  • A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager. 

  • A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum. 

  • A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth. 

  • An item of clothing worn under or over another. 

  • A single thickness of some material covering a surface. 

  • A hen kept to lay eggs. 

  • one in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another. 

verb
  • To arrange in layers. 

  • To cut or divide into layers. 

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