Grout vs Spackling - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between grout and spackling

is that grout is to insert mortar between tiles while spackling is .

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

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.

To insert mortar between tiles.

I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.

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