different between fastener vs spotface

English

Etymology

fasten +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fæs?n?/, /?fæsn?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??s?n?/, /?f??sn?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?f??s?n?/, /?f??sn?/
• Hyphenation: fast?en?er, faste?ner

Noun

fastener (plural fasteners)

1. Something or someone that fastens.
2. Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

   Synonym: clasp

Derived terms

• pop fastener
• snap fastener
• zip fastener

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (fasun?)

Translations

Further reading

• fastener on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Feenstra, fenestra, refasten

English

Etymology

spot +? face

Noun

spotface (plural spotfaces)

1. a shallow circular or cylindrical recess, machined on (for example) a cast part to offer a flat face against which to seat a fastener; a shallow counterbore

Verb

spotface (third-person singular simple present spotfaces, present participle spotfacing, simple past and past participle spotfaced)

1. (transitive) to create or fashion a spotface

See also

• countersink

Anagrams

• postface