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Riveted vs Riveter - What's the difference?

riveted | riveter |

As a verb riveted

is (rivet).

As a noun riveter is

a person whose job is to.

riveted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (rivet)

    • 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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    riveter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person whose job is to .
  • :The riveter named Rosie was an iconic piece of American WWII propaganda.
  • A machine or tool used to apply s.
  • :The beam couldn't support the weight of the riveter , so the workers were riveting by hand.
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