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Former vs Mandrel - What's the difference?

former | mandrel |

As nouns the difference between former and mandrel

is that former is someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder while mandrel is an object used as an aid for shaping a material, eg bending a pipe without creasing or kinking it.

As an adjective former

is previous.

former

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) former, comparative of . Parallel to (m) (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to (m) and (m) (thence (m)), from Proto-Germanic.

Adjective

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  • Previous.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
  • (senseid) First of aforementioned two items. Used with the , often without a noun.
  • :
    • Synonyms
    * (previous) anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex- * See also
    Antonyms
    * latter

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
    • Dave was the former of the company.
  • An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
    • ''The brick arch was built using a wooden former .
  • (chiefly, British, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
    • ''Fifth-former
    Sixth-former .
    Derived terms
    * pan former

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * reform ----

    mandrel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. bending a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
  • A tool or component of a tool that grips]] or [[clamp, clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
  • * 1920 , Lester Gray French, Machinery , Volume 26, page 491,
    • This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.
  • * 1961 , Robert Sprenkle, David Ledet, The Art of Oboe Playing , page 46,
    • When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.

    Synonyms

    * spindle, arbor

    Coordinate terms

    * chuck