Forge vs. Dropforge — What's the Difference?

A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature where it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to the point where work hardening no longer occurs.

To forge or stamp (a metal) between dies by the force of a falling weight such as a drop hammer.

A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy.

To forge with a drop forge; - of metals.

A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron.

Forge with a drop-forge;

To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape.

To form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press.

To give form or shape to, especially by means of careful effort

To fashion or reproduce for fraudulent purposes; counterfeit

To work at a forge or smithy.

To make a forgery or counterfeit.

To advance gradually but steadily

To advance with an abrupt increase of speed

A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.

A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.

The act of beating or working iron or steel.

(computing) A Web-based collaborative platform for developing and sharing software.

(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.

To form or create with concerted effort.

To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.

To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.

(often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.

(sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy.

The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.

The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metallic bodies.

To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.

To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.

To coin.

To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document.

To commit forgery.

To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; - used especially in the phrase to forge ahead.

To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.

Furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping

A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

Create by hammering;

Make a copy of with the intent to deceive;

Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort;

Move ahead steadily;

Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

Make something, usually for a specific function;

Make out of components (often in an improvising manner);