What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Spindle vs Mandrel - What's the difference?

spindle | mandrel | Synonyms |

Mandrel is a synonym of spindle.



As nouns the difference between spindle and mandrel

is that spindle is a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread while mandrel is an object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. bending a pipe without creasing or kinking it.

As a verb spindle

is to make into a long tapered shape.

spindle

English

Alternative forms

* (dialectal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
  • A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
    • the spindle of a vane
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=(Henry Petroski) , title=Opening Doors , volume=100, issue=2, page=112-3 , magazine= citation , passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle —being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}
  • A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
  • A worldwide tree of the genus Euonymus , originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
  • An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
  • The fusee of a watch.
  • A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
  • A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
  • (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
  • Any marine univalve shell of the genus ; a (spindle stromb).
  • Any marine gastropod of the genus .

    • Synonyms

    * (a tree from the Euonymus genus) spindle tree

    Hypernyms

    * (a tree from the Euonymus genus) euonymus

    Verb

    (spindl)
  • To make into a long tapered shape.
  • To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
    • Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document.

    Anagrams

    *

    External links

    * (Spindle) *

    mandrel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. bending a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
  • A tool or component of a tool that grips]] or [[clamp, clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
  • * 1920 , Lester Gray French, Machinery , Volume 26, page 491,
    • This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.
  • * 1961 , Robert Sprenkle, David Ledet, The Art of Oboe Playing , page 46,
    • When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.

    Synonyms

    * spindle, arbor

    Coordinate terms

    * chuck