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Indentation vs Choil - What's the difference?

indentation | choil |

As nouns the difference between indentation and choil

is that indentation is the act of indenting or state of being indented while choil is an unsharpened section of a knife blade in front of the guard on the blade.

indentation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of indenting or state of being indented.
  • A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
  • A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
  • The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
  • A measure of the distance from the flush line; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
  • choil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unsharpened section of a knife blade in front of the guard on the blade
  • The indentation of a pocket-knife blade where it joins the tang
  • References

    *http://www.knifeart.com/cusknifen.html * OED 2nd edition 1989

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