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Woodworm vs Woodwork - What's the difference?

woodworm | woodwork |

As nouns the difference between woodworm and woodwork

is that woodworm is any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood while woodwork is something made from wood.

woodworm

English

(wikipedia woodworm) (Anobium punctatum)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood.
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  • Synonyms

    * (any wood-boring beetle larvae) deathwatch beetle * (furniture beetle)

    Anagrams

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    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