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Sawdust vs Sawmill - What's the difference?

sawdust | sawmill |

As nouns the difference between sawdust and sawmill

is that sawdust is collective name for the fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing while sawmill is a machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber.

sawdust

English

(wikipedia sawdust)

Noun

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  • Collective name for the fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing.

    • Derived terms

    * sawdust trail * sea sawdust

    sawmill

    English

    (wikipedia sawmill)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.}}