Rivet vs. Engross — What's the Difference?

A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before being installed, a rivet consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end.

To occupy exclusively; absorb

A short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place

To acquire most or all of (a commodity); monopolize (a market).

Join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets

To write or transcribe in a large, clear hand.

Hold (someone or something) fast so as to make them incapable of movement

To write or print the final draft of (an official document).

A metal bolt or pin having a head on one end, inserted through aligned holes in the pieces to be joined and then hammered on the plain end so as to form a second head.

To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.

To fasten or secure, especially with a rivet or rivets.

To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).

To hammer and bend or flatten the headless end of (a nail or bolt) so as to fasten something.

(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.

To fix the attention of (someone)

(transitive) To completely engage the attention of.

To engross or hold (the gaze or attention, for example).

To thicken; to condense.

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

(figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.

(obsolete) To amass.

(obsolete) A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet. Category:en:Armor

To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.

To amass.

(transitive) To install rivets.

To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.

To command the attention of.

To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy the attention completely; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.

To make firm or immovable.

To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.

A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.

Engross (oneself) fully;

To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.

Engage or engross wholly;

To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.

Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.

Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

Heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

Direct one's attention on something;

Fasten with a rivet or rivets

Hold (someone's attention);