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Stonecutter vs Lapicide - What's the difference?

stonecutter | lapicide |

As nouns the difference between stonecutter and lapicide

is that stonecutter is somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone while lapicide is a stonecutter.

stonecutter

English

(wikipedia stonecutter)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone.
  • A machine that is used to cut stone or concrete.

    • Synonyms

    * mason * stonemason

    Derived terms

    * stonecutting

    lapicide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stonecutter.
  • * 2003 : Adam ?ajtar et al., Catalogue of the Greek inscriptions in the Sudan National Museum at Khartoum , [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ns8wzoRTa9UC]
    • Letters omitted by the lapicide' or evident mistakes of the ' lapicide corrected by the editor.
  • * 1996 : John Percival Postgate, Edward Vernon Arnold, Frederick William Hall, Classical quarterly , [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZOU7AAAAMAAJ]
  • * 1959 British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, Anatolian studies , [http://books.google.com/books?id=1IYSAAAAIAAJ]
    • One or two cracks in the rock have been avoided by the lapicide .