Sealant vs. Fillet — What's the Difference?

Sealant is a substance used to block the passage of fluids through the surface or joints or openings in materials, a type of mechanical seal. In building construction sealant is sometimes synonymous with caulking and also serve the purposes of blocking dust, sound and heat transmission.

A fleshy boneless piece of meat from near the loins or the ribs of an animal

A substance, such as sealing wax, used to seal a surface to prevent passage of a liquid or gas.

A band or ribbon worn round the head, especially for binding the hair.

A plastic resin used in dentistry to coat the chewing surfaces of the back teeth to prevent the growth of cavity-causing bacteria.

A roughly triangular strip of material which rounds off an interior angle between two surfaces.

Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.

(in bookbinding) a plain line impressed on the cover of a book.

(construction) A mixture of polymers, fillers, and pigments used to fill and seal joints where moderate movement is expected.

Remove the bones from (a fish).

A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)

A narrow strip of ribbon or similar material, often worn as a headband.

A strip or compact piece of boneless meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.

A boneless strip of meat rolled and tied, as for roasting.

A thin flat molding used as separation between or ornamentation for larger moldings.

A ridge between the indentations of a fluted column.

A narrow decorative line impressed onto the cover of a book.

(Heraldry) A narrow horizontal band placed in the lower fourth area of the chief.

(Anatomy) A loop-shaped band of fibers, such as the lemniscus.

To bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet.

Also fi·let (fĭ-lā, fĭlā′) To slice, bone, or make into fillets.

A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.

A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.

(construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.

A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.

(UK) A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called tenderloin.

(architectural element) A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.

(architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.

(heraldry) An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.

The thread of a screw.

A colored or gilded border.

The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.

(woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.

(anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.

The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.

(transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.

(transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.

A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.

A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip.

A concave filling in of a reëntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.

A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column.

An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.

The thread of a screw.

A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.

The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.

Any scantling smaller than a batten.

A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.

The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.

To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef

A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish

A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus

A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband

Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members

Decorate with a lace of geometric designs

Cut into filets;