Bracket vs. Gusset — What's the Difference?

A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a left or right bracket or, alternatively, an opening bracket or closing bracket, respectively, depending on the directionality of the context.

In sewing, a gusset is a triangular or rhomboidal piece of fabric inserted into a seam to add breadth or reduce stress from tight-fitting clothing. Gussets were used at the shoulders, underarms, and hems of traditional shirts and chemises made of rectangular lengths of linen to shape the garments to the body.Gussets are used in manufacturing of modern tights and pantyhose to add breadth at the crotch seam.

Each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context

A triangular insert, as in the seam of a garment, for added strength or expansion.

A category of people or things that are similar or fall between specified limits

A triangular metal bracket used to strengthen a joist.

A right-angled support attached to a wall for holding a shelf, lamp, or other object.

A piece of mail or plate armor protecting the joints in a suit of armor.

The distance between two artillery shots fired either side of the target to establish range.

A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.

A diagram representing the sequence of matches in a sports tournament, especially as used for making predictions about its outcome

A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.

A person's nose or jaw

(machinery) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.

Enclose (words or figures) in brackets

(heraldry) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.

Place (one or more people or things) in the same category or group

(roofing) A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations.

Hold or attach (something) by means of a right-angled support

(transitive) To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.

Establish the range of (a target) by firing two preliminary shots, one short of the target and the other beyond it.

A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement.

A simple rigid structure in the shape of an L, one arm of which is fixed to a vertical surface, the other projecting horizontally to support a shelf or other weight.

Anything resembling a gusset in a garment

A small shelf or shelves supported by such structures.

An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.

(Architecture) A decorative or weight-bearing structural unit, two sides of which form a right angle with one arm flush against a wall and the other flush beneath a projecting surface, such as eaves or a bay window.

A piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate

A wall-anchored fixture for gas or electricity.

A metal plate used to strengthen a joist

A square bracket.

A piece of material inset to strengthen or enlarge a garment

An angle bracket.

(Mathematics) See brace.

Chiefly British One of a pair of parentheses.

A classification or grouping, especially within a sequence of numbers or grades, as a category of incomes sharing the same tax rate.

A treelike diagram showing the matchups between competitors in different rounds of a tournament.

The distance between two impacting shells, the first aimed beyond a target and the second aimed short of it, used to determine the range for artillery fire.

The shells fired in such a manner.

To furnish or support with a bracket or brackets.

To place within or as if within brackets.

To classify or group together.

To include or exclude by establishing specific boundaries.

To fire beyond and short of (a target) in order to determine artillery range.

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

(nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

(military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.

Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">", used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.

(UK) "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.

(US) "[" and "]" specifically - as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.

(sports) A printed diagram of games in a tournament.

(sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.

One of several ranges of numbers.

(algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.

(military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.

(typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.

A mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.

To support by means of mechanical brackets.

To enclose in typographical brackets.

To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.

To place in the same category.

To mark distinctly for special treatment.

To set aside, discount, ignore.

(military) To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.

(photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.

In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.

An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.

A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.

A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.

One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; - called also crotchet.

A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.

A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; - only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork.

To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.

To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object).

A category falling within certain defined limits

Either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material

Either of two punctuation marks (`

An L-shaped support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)

Support with brackets;

Place into brackets;

Classify or group