Screw vs. Rivet

Screw vs. Rivet — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Screw and Rivet

Screwnoun

A device that has a helical function.

Rivetnoun

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

Screwnoun

A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.

Rivetnoun

(figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.

Screwnoun

A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a shank partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.

Rivetnoun

(obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet).

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Screwnoun

(nautical) A ship's propeller.

Rivetverb

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.

Screwnoun

An Archimedes screw.

Rivetverb

(transitive) To install rivets.

Screwnoun

A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.

Rivetverb

To command the attention of.

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Screwnoun

The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.

Rivetverb

To make firm or immovable.

Terror riveted him to the spot.

Screwnoun

A prison guard.

Rivetnoun

ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

Screwnoun

An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.

Rivetnoun

heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

Screwnoun

An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.

Rivetverb

direct one's attention on something;

Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies

Screwnoun

Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.

Rivetverb

fasten with a rivet or rivets

Screwnoun

A casual sexual partner.

Rivetverb

hold (someone's attention);

The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists

Screwnoun

(slang) Salary, wages.

Screwnoun

(billiards) Backspin.

Screwnoun

(slang) A small packet of tobacco.

Screwnoun

(dated) An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.

Screwnoun

(math) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.

Screwnoun

An amphipod crustacean.

the skeleton screw (Caprella);the sand screw

Screwverb

(transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.

Screwverb

To have sexual intercourse with.

Screwverb

To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.

screw over

Screwverb

(transitive) To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.

Screwverb

(transitive) To contort.

Screwverb

To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.

Screwverb

To screw back.

Screwverb

To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.

Screwnoun

someone who guards prisoners

Screwnoun

a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole

Screwnoun

a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air

Screwnoun

a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

Screwnoun

slang terms for sexual intercourse

Screwverb

have sexual intercourse with;

This student sleeps with everyone in her dormAdam knew EveWere you ever intimate with this man?

Screwverb

turn like a screw

Screwverb

cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion;

drive in screws or bolts

Screwverb

tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions;

Screw the bottle cap on

Screwverb

defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit