different between sculpt vs chisel

English

Etymology

From French sculpter, from Latin sculp? (“to cut out, carve in stone”).

Pronunciation

Verb

sculpt (third-person singular simple present sculpts, present participle sculpting, simple past and past participle sculpted)

1. (transitive) To form by sculpture.

   They sculpted a statue out of clay.

2. (intransitive) To work as a sculptor.

   What do you do?

   I used to box, but now I sculpt.

Derived terms

• resculpt

Related terms

• sculptor
• sculpture

Translations

Noun

sculpt (plural sculpts)

1. (computer graphics) A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.

Further reading

• sculpt at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??z?l/
• Rhymes: -?z?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English chisel, chesel, borrowed from Old Northern French chisel, from Vulgar Latin *cisellum, from *caesellum, from Latin caesus, past participle of caedere (“to cut”).

Noun

chisel (plural chisels)

1. A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.

Translations

See also

• burin
• gouge
• graver

Verb

chisel (third-person singular simple present chisels, present participle chiseling or chiselling, simple past and past participle chiseled or chiselled)

1. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
2. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.

3. (intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.

Usage notes

chiselling and chiselled are more common in the UK while chiseling and chiseled are more common in the US.

Derived terms

• chiseler, chiseller
• chisel in on

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ?eosol, ?eosel, ?ysel, ?isel, ?isil (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kisil (“small stone, pebble”). See also chessom.

Alternative forms

• chesil
• chissel, chessil (dialectal)

Noun

chisel (usually uncountable, plural chisels)

1. Gravel.
2. (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.

Related terms

• chessom

Further reading

• chisel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• chisel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• chisel at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Schlei, chiels, chiles, elchis, lechis, liches, sichel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chesel

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman chisel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??i?s??l/, /?t??is?l/, /?t??e?s?l/

Noun

chisel (plural chisels)

1. Any of several cutting tools used by stone masons.

Descendants

• English: chisel
• Yola: chisool

References

• “chis??l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Noun

chisel m (oblique plural chiseaus or chiseax or chisiaus or chisiax or chisels, nominative singular chiseaus or chiseax or chisiaus or chisiax or chisels, nominative plural chisel)

1. Alternative form of cisel