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Polder vs Solder - What's the difference?

polder | solder |

As nouns the difference between polder and solder

is that polder is an area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes while solder is any of various alloys, often of tin and lead, that are used to join small pieces of metal together.

As a verb solder is

to join with (or as if with) solder.

polder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
  • *1999 , (Philipp Blom), translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City , Vintage 2001, p. 43:
  • *:The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.

    • solder

    English

    (wikipedia solder)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Any of various alloys, often of tin and lead, that are used to join small pieces of metal together

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To join with (or as if with) solder.

    • Antonyms

    * desolder

    Derived terms

    * solderer * soldering iron

    See also

    * braze * flux * weld

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