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Woodwork vs Scrollwork - What's the difference?

woodwork | scrollwork |

As nouns the difference between woodwork and scrollwork

is that woodwork is (countable) something made from wood while scrollwork is ornamentation in a scroll pattern, especially in woodwork.

woodwork

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (countable) Something made from wood.
  • (uncountable) Wood product.
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  • (uncountable) Working with wood.
    • He does woodwork as a hobby.
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  • (only in plural, often in proper names) A workshop or factory devoted to making wood products.
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  • A place of concealment or obscurity.
    • Friends and relatives were coming out of the woodwork to celebrate his good fortune.
    So when he wants to, he can just kind of blend into the woodwork .
  • (football) The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.
    • That goal was so close, it went in off the woodwork .
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 5 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Carroll thought he had equalised with his header against the bar with eight minutes left. Liverpool claimed the ball had cross the line and Chelsea were grateful for a miraculous intervention from Cech to turn his effort on to the woodwork .}}

    Synonyms

    * (working with wood) woodworking

    Derived terms

    * come out of the woodwork

    scrollwork

    English

    Noun

  • Ornamentation in a scroll pattern, especially in woodwork.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 1, author=S.S. Fair, title=Toast of the Town, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Some are nickel-plated over steel, others are engraved with scrollwork and fleurs-de-lis