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Swelling vs Knurl - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between swelling and knurl

is that swelling is the state of being swollen while knurl is a contorted knot in wood.

As verbs the difference between swelling and knurl

is that swelling is present participle of lang=en while knurl is to roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.

swelling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being swollen.
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    • , year= a1420 , year_published= 1894 , author= The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056 , by= (Lanfranc of Milan) , title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie." , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=6XktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63 , original= , chapter= Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone , section= , isbn= 1163911380 , edition= , publisher= K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co , location= London , editor= Robert von Fleischhacker , volume= , page= 63 , passage= Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge ; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra. }}
  • Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.

    • See also

    * edema

    Verb

    (head)

    • knurl

    English

    (knurling)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A contorted knot in wood.
  • A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
  • A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.

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