palette knife vs scraper

palette knife

noun
  • In painting, a small, edge-less, more or less flexible steel blade used to mix paint on a palette and sometimes to apply paint to a surface. 

scraper

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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

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

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