We have tags for both ice and icing, both have a good number of questions tagged. Should they be synonyms? It seems like "ice" is more general and may be a better primary tag.
Would there be a case for keeping them separate? "Ice" could apply to ice on the ground surfaces, or even hail.
I think icing is the general one. Going by the dictionary icing is also a noun. But here's why I'm leaning toward icing:
icing
NOUN
The formation of ice on an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle, or in an engine.
One of its uses is aviation specific. So I checked the ice posts to see if they can't have the icing tag. I found only two cases* that might be debatable.
This post is also asking about snow but we don't have a snow tag, moreover I think just the already existing tag cold-weather should be enough to cover ice and snow [and frost] for that post.
How ice forms is icing especially in the context for aviation.
Based on that I suggest turning ice into a tag synonym of icing, so anyone who would type 'ice' in the future, wouldn't create the tag again.
* If there is any that I missed, let me know and I'll update the post.
They seem the same to me. Unless they're talking about cupcakes. Mmmmmm... cupcakes!
