What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Scaffold vs Groundwork - What's the difference?

scaffold | groundwork |

As nouns the difference between scaffold and groundwork

is that scaffold is a structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building while groundwork is the foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.

As a verb scaffold

is to set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

scaffold

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
  • An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
  • (metalworking) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.

    • Derived terms

    * go to the scaffold * send to the scaffold * superscaffold, superscaffolding

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

    • Derived terms

    * scaffoldage * scaffolder * scaffolding

    External links

    * * *

    groundwork

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
    • The discovery of the laws of electricity laid the groundwork for a century of innovation.

    See also

    * legwork