As nouns the difference between jackhammer and sledgehammer
is that
jackhammer is a portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete while
sledgehammer is a hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.
As verbs the difference between jackhammer and sledgehammer
is that
jackhammer is to use a jackhammer while
sledgehammer is to strike with a sledgehammer.
jackhammer Noun
( en noun)
A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.
Verb
To use a jackhammer.
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sledgehammer English
Alternative forms
* sledge-hammer
Noun
( en noun)
A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.
Derived terms
* use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
See also
* hammer
* mallet
* maul
Verb
( en verb)
To strike with a sledgehammer.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 22, author=Jane And Michael Stern, title=Nirvana Express, work=New York Times citation
, passage=She’s trying to piece together shards of precious pottery gleefully sledgehammered by a delegation led by the Taliban ’s minister of culture, who deemed the world’s greatest collection of Central Asian artifacts un-Islamic.}}
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