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Spade vs Chisel - What's the difference?

spade | chisel |

As an adjective spade

is .

As a noun chisel is

gravel or chisel can be a cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end it may be provided with a handle at the other end it is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet.

As a verb chisel is

to use a chisel.

spade

English

(wikipedia spade)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) spadu, spada, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
  • * 1898 , , Chapter 4
    • 'Make your mind easy,' Ratsey said; 'I have dug too often in this graveyard for any to wonder if they see me with a spade .'
  • A playing card marked with the symbol .
    • I've got only one spade in my hand.
  • (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
  • A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
    • Related terms
    * in spades * call a spade a spade

    Verb

    (spad)
  • To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
  • (videogaming) To collect and statistically analyze data, for the purpose of determining the underlying random number generator structure or numeric formula.

    • Etymology 2

    Compare spay, noun.

    Alternative forms

    * spaid * spayade

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hart or stag three years old.
  • A castrated man or animal.
    • (Webster 1913)

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    chisel

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * * (dialectal)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Gravel.
  • (lb) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran ir flour.
    • Related terms
    * (wikipedia chisel)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet.
    • See also
    * burin * graver

    Verb

  • To use a chisel.
  • To work something with a chisel.
    • She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.
  • (informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.
    • Usage notes
    (chiselling) and (chiselled) are more common in the UK while (chiseling) and (chiseled) are more common in the US.
    Derived terms
    * chiseler, chiseller * chisel in on

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