scoring vs setting

scoring

noun
  • The process of keeping score in a sport or contest. 

  • The process of winning points in a sport or contest. 

  • The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold. 

  • A deep groove made by glacial action or similar. 

adj
  • Of something or someone that scores. 

setting

noun
  • The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does. 

  • The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage. 

  • The direction of a current of wind. 

  • A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry. 

  • A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music). 

  • A level or placement that a knob or control is set to. 

  • The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario. 

  • The act of setting. 

  • Hunting with a setter. 

  • Something set in, or inserted. 

adj
  • that disappears below the horizon 

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