cording vs piping

cording

noun
  • Decorative cord, often wrapped in colored fabric or foil 

  • The resultant decoration, or the act of decorating with cording 

piping

noun
  • An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth. 

  • An act of making music or noise with pipes. 

  • A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework. 

  • The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching. 

  • The sound of musical pipes. 

  • Icing extruded from a piping bag. 

  • propagation by cuttings 

  • A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting. 

adj
  • High-pitched. 

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