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Whetstone vs Millstone - What's the difference?

whetstone | millstone |

As nouns the difference between whetstone and millstone

is that whetstone is a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool while millstone is a large round stone used for grinding grain.

As a proper noun Whetstone

is a location in Barnet, London, England.

whetstone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
  • * 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 88-89
    • It was as if a stone were ground to dust; as if white sparks flew from a livid whetstone , which was his spine; as if the switchback railway, having swooped to the depths, fell, fell, fell.
  • (computing) A benchmark for evaluating the power of a computer.

    • Related terms

    * stone, whet

    See also

    * grind, grindstone * hone

    millstone

    English

    (wikipedia millstone)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large round stone used for grinding grain.
  • (geology) A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit
  • (figurative) A heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.
    • Paying the mortgage every month is a millstone round their necks .

    Derived terms

    * see into a millstone, see through a millstone