different between grinder vs whetstone

English

Etymology

From Middle English grinder, grindere, from Old English grindere (“one or that which grinds; grinder”), equivalent to grind +? -er.

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??a?n.d?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?nd?(r)
• (US) IPA^(key): /??a?nd??/

Noun

grinder (plural grinders)

1. One who grinds something, such as the teeth.

   scissors grinder (one who sharpens scissors)
2. (anatomy) A molar.
3. (slang) Any tooth.
4. A power tool with a spinning abrasive disc, used for grinding, smoothing, and shaping materials, usually metal.
5. (US, regional, western New England) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.

   I am going to the deli to get a grinder for lunch.
6. A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces
7. The restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) of Australia, which makes a noise like a scissors grinder.
8. (music, slang) A fan or performer of grindcore music.
9. (slang) A biohacker who uses cybernetic implants or biochemicals to enhance or change their own body.
10. (slang, dated) A student who studies hard; a swot.
11. (slang, dated) A person who coaches students for an upcoming examination.
12. (ice hockey, slang) A hard-working, physical player with limited offensive ability.
13. (lawyer slang) A low-ranking attorney with no clients who works very hard.
14. (US, military, slang) An outdoor space for drills and parades.
    • 2019, Chas Romeo, U.S.M.C.

      We were told then and there that we wouldn't be allowed on the grinder again until we could do a lot better. The grinder is what that large area was called, and it was a fitting name. They literally ground us down on it.

    • 2013, USMC Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC / TC3) Guidelines

      Company formations are held on the grinder (basketball court outside the Quarterdeck).

15. (radio, informal) Atmospheric interference producing a roaring background noise.

Usage notes

• The type of sandwich denoted by grinder varies widely. In the Philadelphia area, for example, a grinder is distinguished from a hoagie in that the grinder is toasted or baked, and usually lacks lettuce.

Synonyms

• (sandwich): sub

Derived terms

Translations

References

• (a tooth; one who coaches students): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• derring, red ring, regrind

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

grinder m or f

1. indefinite plural of grind

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grinder f

1. indefinite plural of grind

English

Etymology

From Middle English whestone, whetston, whetesston, from Old English hwetst?n, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjastain (“whetstone”). Equivalent to whet (“to sharpen”) +? stone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /w?tst??n/

Noun

whetstone (plural whetstones)

1. A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 88-89

     It was as if a stone were ground to dust; as if white sparks flew from a livid whetstone, which was his spine; as if the switchback railway, having swooped to the depths, fell, fell, fell.

2. (computing) A benchmark for evaluating the power and performance of a computer.
3. (figuratively) A stimulant.

Related terms

• stone
• whet

Translations

Verb

whetstone (third-person singular simple present whetstones, present participle whetstoning, simple past and past participle whetstoned)

1. (transitive) To sharpen with a whetstone.

See also

• grind, grindstone
• hone