Shim vs Washer - What's the difference?
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A wedge.
A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
(computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery
To adjust something by using shims
(informal, often, derogatory) a person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual.
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(informal, often, derogatory) hermaphrodite.
Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
A person who washes for a living; (if female:) a washerwoman.
A flat disk, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction or prevent leakage.
A face cloth.
As nouns the difference between shim and washer
is that shim is a wedge or shim can be (informal|often|derogatory) a person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual while washer is something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.As a verb shim
is to fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.shim
English
Etymology 1
Originally a piece of iron attached to a plow; sense of “thin piece of wood” from 1723, sense of “thin piece of material used for alignment or support” from 1860.Noun
(en noun)Verb
Etymology 2
.Noun
(en noun)- He — or "Shim " (she/him), as film director John Waters called the actor Divine — was as much a paradoxical as a perverse fellow.
- "We call him shim — short for 'she-him.'