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Chisel vs Etch - What's the difference?

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Chisel is a related term of etch.


As nouns the difference between chisel and etch

is that chisel is gravel or chisel can be a cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end it may be provided with a handle at the other end it is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet while etch is .

As verbs the difference between chisel and etch

is that chisel is to use a chisel while etch is to cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

chisel

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* * (dialectal)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Gravel.
  • (lb) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran ir flour.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet.
  • See also
    * burin * graver

    Verb

  • To use a chisel.
  • To work something with a chisel.
  • She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.
  • (informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.
  • Usage notes
    (chiselling) and (chiselled) are more common in the UK while (chiseling) and (chiseled) are more common in the US.
    Derived terms
    * chiseler, chiseller * chisel in on

    Anagrams

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    etch

    English

    Etymology 1

    Germanic, cognate with Dutch ets .

    Verb

  • To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  • To engrave a surface.
  • (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
  • The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
  • To sketch; to delineate.
  • * John Locke
  • There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (Mortimer)

    Anagrams

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