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Cullet vs Collet - What's the difference?

cullet | collet |

As a noun cullet

is scrap glass which is melted down for reuse.

As a proper noun collet is

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cullet

English

Noun

  • Scrap glass which is melted down for reuse.
  • A small central plane in the back of a cut gem.

    • collet

    English

    (wikipedia collet)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, usually of a hard material, especially a metal.
    • That collet can handle upto 3/8-inch bits.
  • In particular, the rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set. Compare bezel .
    • There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring.
  • Horticulture: the transition zone on a plant between the root and the hypocotyl.
    • Collar rot forms in the collet between the stem and the root.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
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