Shears vs Seamstress - What's the difference?
shears | seamstress |
(plurale tantum) A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc
The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
(shear)
As nouns the difference between shears and seamstress
is that shears is plural of lang=en while seamstress is a woman who sews clothes professionally.As a verb shears
is third-person singular of shear.shears
English
Noun
(head)- the shears of a lathe or planer
