different between mattock vs pickaxe

English

Etymology

From Middle English mattok (“mattock, pickaxe”), from Old English mattuc, meottoc, mettac (“mattock, fork, trident”), from Proto-Germanic *mattukaz (“mattock, ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *matn-, *mat- (“a hoe, ploughshare”). Related to Old High German medela (“plough”), Middle High German metze, metz (“knife”), Latin mateola (“implement for digging in the soil”), Polish motyka (“hoe, mattock”), Russian ??????? (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Lithuanian matikkas (“mattock”), Sanskrit ???? (matyà, “harrow, roller, club”). More at mason.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæt?k/

Noun

mattock (plural mattocks)

1. An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.

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Verb

mattock (third-person singular simple present mattocks, present participle mattocking, simple past and past participle mattocked)

1. To cut or dig with a mattock.

See also

• adze
• hoe
• pick
• twibill

Further reading

• Mattock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mattocks on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• pickax
• pick-axe

Etymology

From Old French picois, later alteration due to folk etymology association with pick and axe.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?k?æks/

Noun

pickaxe (plural pickaxes)

1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.

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Verb

pickaxe (third-person singular simple present pickaxes, present participle pickaxing, simple past and past participle pickaxed)

1. To use a pickaxe.

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