Augre vs. Auger: What's the Difference?

Alternative form of auger

Any of various hand tools, typically having a threaded shank and cross handle, used for boring holes in wood or ice.

A drill bit.

A machine having a helical flange attached to a rotating shaft, used for drilling and boring or as a conveyor of loose material.

The rotating shaft and flange of such a machine, considered as a single unit.

To drill, bore, or convey using an auger.

A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.

A snake or plumber's snake plumbing tool.

A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts

A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.

To proceed in the manner of an auger.

A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.

An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water.

A long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

Hand tool for boring holes