Notch vs Kerf - What's the difference?
notch | kerf |
A V-shaped cut.
Such a cut, used for keeping a record
An indentation.
A mountain pass; a defile
(informal) A level or degree.
* 2014 , Daniel Taylor, "
To cut a notch in (something).
To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
To join by means of notches.
To achieve (something).
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The groove or slit created by cutting a workpiece; an incision.
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The width of the groove made while cutting.
*1991 , , January issue,
*:Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf' that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade ' kerf .
Distance between diverging saw teeth
As nouns the difference between notch and kerf
is that notch is a V-shaped cut while kerf is the groove or slit created by cutting a workpiece; an incision.As verbs the difference between notch and kerf
is that notch is to cut a notch in (something) while kerf is to cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.notch
English
Noun
(es)- ''The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
- ''This car is a notch better than the other.
World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk , 20 June:
- A better team might also have done more to expose Uruguay’s occasionally brittle defence, but England’s speed of thought and movement in their attacking positions was a good notch or two down from the Italy game.
Derived terms
* notch on one's bedpost, notch on the bedpost * notchback * notchboard * top notchVerb
(es)- The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.
- The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
Derived terms
* notcher * notchykerf
English
Noun
(kerfs)page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro