Flange vs. Web

Flange vs. Web — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Flange and Web

Flangenoun

An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.

Webnoun

The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.

Flangenoun

The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.

Webnoun

Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.

Flangenoun

(RPG) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.

Webnoun

Specifically, the World Wide Web (often capitalized Web).

Let me search the web for that.
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Flangenoun

A vulva.

Webnoun

(baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing. A baseball glove, with a web between the thumb and forefinger

He caught the ball in the web.

Flangenoun

The collective noun for a group of baboons.

Webnoun

A latticed or woven structure.

The gazebo's roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.

Flangenoun

The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.

Webnoun

(usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.

Careful—she knows how to spin a good web, but don't lean too hard on what she says.
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Flangeverb

(intransitive) To be bent into a flange.

Webnoun

A plot or scheme.

Flangeverb

(transitive) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

Webnoun

The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.

Flangeverb

To mix two copies of together, one delayed by a very short, slowly varying time.

Webnoun

(rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.

Flangenoun

a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object

Webnoun

A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.

Webnoun

The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.

Webnoun

(manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.

Webnoun

(lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.

Webnoun

(dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.

Webnoun

A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.

Webnoun

The blade of a sword.

Webnoun

The blade of a saw.

Webnoun

The thin, sharp part of a colter.

Webnoun

The bit of a key.

Webnoun

A major broadcasting network.

Webproper noun

: the World Wide Web.

I found it on the web.

Webverb

(intransitive) To construct or form a web.

Webverb

(transitive) To cover with a web or network.

Webverb

(transitive) To ensnare or entangle.

Webverb

(transitive) To provide with a web.

Webverb

To weave.

Webnoun

an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving;

the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn

Webnoun

an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

Webnoun

the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft

Webnoun

an interconnected system of things or people;

he owned a network of shopsretirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my lifetangled in a web of cloth

Webnoun

computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol

Webnoun

a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)

Webnoun

membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals

Webverb

construct or form a web, as if by weaving