Meg vs Spatula - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between meg and spatula

is that meg is common abbreviation for many/any unit having the SI prefix mega-, such as megahertzspatula is a palette knife.

is a diminutive of the female given names Margaret and Megan.

(en proper noun)

A diminutive of the female given names Margaret and Megan.

* 1818 John Keats: Meg Merrilies :

Old Meg was brave as Margaret Queen,

And tall as Amazon:

An old red blanket cloak she wore,

A chip-hat had she on.

* 1985 , World's Fair , Fawcett Crest 1986, ISBN 0449212378, page 208

My mother thought Meg a sweet child, that's what she called her, a sweet child, although she was critical of her name.

'What kind of name is that,' she said.

'It's short for Margaret,' I said. 'But everyone calls her Meg .'

'Well, that's no name for a girl, that's a scullery maid's name. I fault the mother.'

A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting or stirring food.

(North America) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.

(dated) A palette knife.

(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

* (kitchen utensil for turning and lifting) fish slice, turner * (kitchen utensil for scraping) scraper, dough scraper

* spatular * spatulous