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Notch vs Chamfer - What's the difference?

notch | chamfer |

In transitive terms the difference between notch and chamfer

is that notch is to achieve (something) while chamfer is to cut a groove in something; to flute.

notch

English

Noun

(es)
  • A V-shaped cut.
  • Such a cut, used for keeping a record
  • ''The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
  • An indentation.
  • A mountain pass; a defile
  • (informal) A level or degree.
  • ''This car is a notch better than the other.
  • * 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " 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 notch

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cut a notch in (something).
  • To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
  • The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.
  • To join by means of notches.
  • To achieve (something).
  • The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
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  • Derived terms

    * notcher * notchy

    chamfer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (woodworking, engineering, drafting, CAD) an obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges
  • Synonyms

    * (angled relief or cut) round

    Antonyms

    * (angled relief or cut) fillet

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • to cut a groove in something; to flute