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Spackle vs Grout - What's the difference?

spackle | grout |

As nouns the difference between spackle and grout

is that spackle is any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster while grout is a thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

As verbs the difference between spackle and grout

is that spackle is to fill or repair with a plastic paste while grout is to insert mortar between tiles.

As a proper noun Spackle

is alternative case form of lang=en.

spackle

English

Noun

  • Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
  • A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster.

    • Verb

  • To fill or repair with a plastic paste.
  • To fill cracks or holes with a spackle.
  • To fill gaps with something, as if spackling; to speckle
    • The neighborhood has been spackled with coffee shops.

    grout

    English

    Noun

  • A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
  • Coarse meal; groats.
  • (typically used in the plural ) Dregs, sediment.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • grouts of tea
  • (UK, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.

    • Related terms

    * groat * grits * gruel

    Verb

  • To insert mortar between tiles.
    • I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.