What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Ironmonger vs Smelter - What's the difference?

ironmonger | smelter |

As nouns the difference between ironmonger and smelter

is that ironmonger is (chiefly|british) a retailer in iron goods and hardware while smelter is a person employed to do smelting.

ironmonger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, British) a retailer in iron goods and hardware

    • Derived terms

    * ironmongering * ironmongery

    smelter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person employed to do smelting.
    • He works as a smelter .
  • A machine used to smelt metal.
  • :Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
  • A place where smelting is done.
  • :We'll take the scrap to the smelter and get some money for it.

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

    (head)