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Rivet vs Divot - What's the difference?

rivet | divot |

As nouns the difference between rivet and divot

is that rivet is a cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end while divot is a torn up piece of turf (eg by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof).

As a verb rivet

is to attach or fasten parts by using rivets.

rivet

English

(wikipedia rivet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
  • (figuratively) any fixed point or certain basis
  • (obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet)

    • Derived terms

    * rivet counter * pop rivet

    Verb

  • to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
  • to install rivets
  • to command the attention of.
  • * 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
    • The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely--strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing-- what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.

    See also

    * riveters * riveting * riveter * rivets * riveted

    Anagrams

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    divot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A torn up piece of turf (e.g. by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof).
  • A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.