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Bezel vs Embezzle - What's the difference?

bezel | embezzle |

As a noun bezel

is the sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.

As a verb embezzle is

to steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.

bezel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool
  • The oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of a brilliant (diamond), which projects from its setting
  • The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set; the collet.
  • The panel that covers the front of a computer case, or the panel covering each drive bay that can be removed to install a removable drive that requires external access, such as a CD/DVD-ROM drive, which usually has its own preinstalled bezel.

    • See also

    * beazle * bevel * collet

    References

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    embezzle

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
  • * 1903, , Twelve Stories and a Dream
    • You waste your education in burglary. You should do one of two things. Either you should forge or you should embezzle'. For my own part, I ' embezzle .
  • * 1861,
    • You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?

    Synonyms

    * defalcate * misappropriate * peculate

    Derived terms

    * embezzler * embezzlement

    References