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Chisel vs Grout - What's the difference?

chisel | grout |

As nouns the difference between chisel and grout

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 grout is a thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

As verbs the difference between chisel and grout

is that chisel is to use a chisel while grout is to insert mortar between tiles.

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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    grout

    English

    Noun

  • A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
  • Coarse meal; groats.
  • (typically used in the plural ) Dregs, sediment.
  • * Charles Dickens
  • grouts of tea
  • (UK, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.
  • Verb

  • To insert mortar between tiles.
  • I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.