Forceps vs. Tweezers

Forcepsnoun

An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.

Tweezersnoun

A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc.

Forcepsnoun

A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.

Tweezers

Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.

Forcepsnoun

The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.

Tweezers

Tweezers are small tools used for picking up objects too small to be easily handled with the human fingers. The tool is most likely derived from tongs, pincers, or scissors-like pliers used to grab or hold hot objects since the dawn of recorded history.

Forcepsnoun

an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)

Forceps

Forceps (plural forceps or considered a plural noun without a singular, often a pair of forceps; the Latin plural forcipes is no longer recorded in most dictionaries) is a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects. Forceps are used when fingers are too large to grasp small objects or when many objects need to be held at one time while the hands are used to perform a task.