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Auger vs Borer - What's the difference?

auger | borer |

As nouns the difference between auger and borer

is that auger is a carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet while borer is a person who is boring.

As a verb auger

is to use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.

auger

English

(wikipedia auger)

Alternative forms

* augre

Noun

(en noun)
  • A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
  • * 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231
    • Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger .
  • A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
  • A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
  • A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.

    • Anagrams

    * * English nouns which have interacted with their indefinite article ----

    borer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is boring
  • A person who bores, who drills.
  • A tool used for drilling.
  • An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
  • One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
  • The hagfish (Myxine ).
    • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * apple borer * borer bomb * cork-borer * corn borer * instep borer * jig borer * rock-borer * moth-borer * raise borer * squash vine borer * stone-borer * sugar cane borer * sugar-maple borer * twig borer * vine borer * well-borer * wood-borer, woodborer

    Verb

    (head)
    • ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • drill bit
  • drill

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , borer, boreri , borera, borera , boreru, borerima , borer, borere , boreru, boreri , boreru, borerima , borerom, borerima }}

    Synonyms

    * (drill bit) (l) * (drill)

    References

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