Coupler or Coupling

[60103]

I now confess that with all my years in the hobby, I don't know the difference between coupler and coupling. (well, coupling as the act, but I mean for the metal lump) Is there a difference? Regional? Interchangeable?

 

[nachoman]

I think it is a semantics difference, that's all.

Kevin

 

[Nomad]

I always thought the coupling was where they hooked the mu hoses together.

Loren

 

[Pitchwife]

Wouldn't Coupler be a noun, as to what it is; and Coupling a verb, as in what they do with it?

 

[Triplex]

In North America, that's the rule. In Britain "coupling" is both the noun and the verb.

 

[lester perry]

Wouldn't Coupler be a noun, as to what it is; and Coupling a verb, as in what they do with it?

I do believe you got it. :thumb:
Les

 

[MasonJar]

Wouldn't Coupler be a noun, as to what it is; and Coupling a verb, as in what they do with it?

What Triplex said: "Coupling" in the UK is both the noun and the verb. Just like "painting", as in:

"What are you doing with those paints?"
"Painting a painting."



Andrew