Bulldozer vs. Backhoe

Bulldozer vs. Backhoe — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bulldozer and Backhoe

Bulldozernoun

A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.

Backhoenoun

A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth.

Bulldozernoun

One who bulldozes.

Backhoenoun

A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket.

Bulldozernoun

A member of a self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents.

Backhoeverb

To excavate using such equipment.

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Bulldozernoun

(by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual.

Backhoenoun

an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth

Bulldozerverb

To bulldoze (push through forcefully).

Bulldozernoun

large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground