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Scapement vs Escapement - What's the difference?

scapement | escapement |

As nouns the difference between scapement and escapement

is that scapement is (part of a timepiece) while escapement is the contrivance in a timepiece (winding wrist watch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.

scapement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (part of a timepiece)
    • (Webster 1913)

    escapement

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia escapement) (en noun)
  • The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wrist watch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
  • a mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage
  • an escape or means of escape
    • (Webster 1913)