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Grout vs Binder - What's the difference?

grout | binder |

As nouns the difference between grout and binder

is that grout is a thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry while binder is girder, tie.

As a verb grout

is to insert mortar between tiles.

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.

    • Related terms

    * groat * grits * gruel

    Verb

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

    binder

    English

    (wikipedia binder)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who binds, particularly someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
  • A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.
  • Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
  • (programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.
  • * 2004 , Paul Vick, The Visual Basic .NET Programming Language (page 389)
    • The runtime binder considers inheritance and name hiding, and does overload resolution.
  • A dossier.
  • (agriculture) A machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle.
  • (chemistry) A chemical that causes two other substances to form into one.
  • (legal) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
  • A rubber band.
  • Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.

    • Derived terms

    * binder clip * ring binder

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