curette vs scraper

curette

noun
  • A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue. 

verb
  • To scrape with a curette. 

scraper

noun
  • An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship. 

  • A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta. 

  • An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc. 

  • A hoe. 

  • One who scrapes horns. 

  • In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression. 

  • One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously. 

  • A tool used by engravers. 

  • An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it. 

  • A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper. 

  • One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds. 

  • A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking. 

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