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Testpiece vs Waisting - What's the difference?

testpiece | waisting |

As nouns the difference between testpiece and waisting

is that testpiece is a piece of material used as a sample in mechanical testing while waisting is that which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).

testpiece

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of material used as a sample in mechanical testing.

    • waisting

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).
    • The decorative material used as waisting also served as a girdle for her midlife expansion.
  • A failure in mechanical testing, where part of the testpiece becomes narrow.

    • Usage notes

    * Often a misspelling of wasting