Rivet vs Revet - What's the difference?
rivet | revet |
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)
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
To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.
(Etymology 2 )
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As verbs the difference between rivet and revet
is that rivet is to attach or fasten parts by using rivets while revet is to face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.As a noun rivet
is a cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.rivet
English
(wikipedia rivet)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rivet counter * pop rivetVerb
- 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.