Spatula vs. Flipper
Difference Between Spatula and Flipper
Spatulanoun
A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
Flippernoun
In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming.
Spatulanoun
(North America) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
Flippernoun
A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
Spatulanoun
(dated) A palette knife.
Flippernoun
A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
Spatulanoun
(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
Flippernoun
(theatre) A small flat used to support a larger one.
Spatulanoun
A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
Flippernoun
(cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
Spatulanoun
a turner with a narrow flexible blade
Flippernoun
Television remote control, clicker.
Spatulanoun
a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
Flippernoun
The hand.
Flippernoun
(dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
Flippernoun
A kitchen spatula.
Flippernoun
Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
Flippernoun
Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
Flipperverb
To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
Flippernoun
a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
Flippernoun
the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming
