Ranging vs. Ranking

Rangingnoun

Act of one who ranges.

Rangingnoun

A back-and-forth movement

Rangingadjective

wandering freely;

Rankingadjective

(in combination) Having a specified rank.

Rankingadjective

Superior in rank.

Rankingnoun

One’s relative placement in a list.

Rankingnoun

position on a scale in relation to others in a sport

Rankingadjective

of the highest rank; used of persons;

Rankingadjective

having a higher rank;

Ranking

A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either , or the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of objects.