What is the difference between spindle and spool?
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(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.
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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 .
To make into a long tapered shape.
To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
(computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
To wind on a spool or spools.
(computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).
As nouns the difference between spindle and spool
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 spool is a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.As verbs the difference between spindle and spool
is that spindle is to make into a long tapered shape while spool is to wind on a spool or spools.spindle
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Alternative forms
* (dialectal)Noun
(en noun)- the spindle of a vane
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Synonyms
* (a tree from the Euonymus genus) spindle treeHypernyms
* (a tree from the Euonymus genus) euonymusVerb
(spindl)- Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document.