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Lumberjack vs Timber - What's the difference?

lumberjack | timber |


As nouns the difference between lumberjack and timber

is that lumberjack is a person whose work is to fell trees while timber is postage stamp.

As a verb lumberjack

is to work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.

Timber vs Cow - What's the difference?

timber | cow |


In transitive terms the difference between timber and cow

is that timber is to fit with timbers while cow is to intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. Found primarily in the passive voice.

As an interjection timber

is used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

As an acronym COW is

acronym of w:Copy-on-write|copy-on-write|lang=en.

Timber vs Sawmill - What's the difference?

timber | sawmill |


As nouns the difference between timber and sawmill

is that timber is trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood while sawmill is a machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber.

As an interjection timber

is used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

As a verb timber

is to fit with timbers.

Plunk vs Timber - What's the difference?

plunk | timber |


As a verb plunk

is to drop or throw heavily (onto or into something) so that it makes a sound.

As a noun timber is

postage stamp.

Timber vs Woodland - What's the difference?

timber | woodland |


As nouns the difference between timber and woodland

is that timber is postage stamp while woodland is land covered with woody vegetation.

As an adjective woodland is

of or pertaining to a creature or object growing, living, or existing in a woodland.

Timber vs Trunk - What's the difference?

timber | trunk |


In archaic terms the difference between timber and trunk

is that timber is a certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre while trunk is a long tube through which pellets of clay, pas, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.

In obsolete terms the difference between timber and trunk

is that timber is to make a nest while trunk is to lop off; to curtail; to truncate.

As nouns the difference between timber and trunk

is that timber is trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood while trunk is Part of a body.

As verbs the difference between timber and trunk

is that timber is to fit with timbers while trunk is to lop off; to curtail; to truncate.

As an interjection timber

is used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

Timber vs Truck - What's the difference?

timber | truck |


In transitive terms the difference between timber and truck

is that timber is to fit with timbers while truck is to trade, exchange; barter.

In obsolete terms the difference between timber and truck

is that timber is to make a nest while truck is a small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or pulled by an animal, as with those in hotels for moving luggage, or in libraries for transporting books.

As an interjection timber

is used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

As an adjective truck is

pertaining to a garden patch or truck garden.

Timber vs Pole - What's the difference?

timber | pole |


In transitive terms the difference between timber and pole

is that timber is to fit with timbers while pole is to induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

In obsolete terms the difference between timber and pole

is that timber is to make a nest while pole is the firmament; the sky.

As an interjection timber

is used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

Timber vs Plywood - What's the difference?

timber | plywood |


As nouns the difference between timber and plywood

is that timber is postage stamp while plywood is (uncountable) construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.

Timber vs Dunnage - What's the difference?

timber | dunnage |


As nouns the difference between timber and dunnage

is that timber is trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood while dunnage is scrap material, often wood, used to fill spaces to prevent items from shifting during transport, or underneath large or heavy items to raise them slightly above the ground.

As an interjection timber

is used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

As a verb timber

is to fit with timbers.

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