Spatular vs. Spatula — What's the Difference?

A small implement having a straight handle and a broad, flexible blade that is used to mix or spread semiliquid substances

A spatula is a broad, flat, flexible blade used to mix, spread and lift material including foods, drugs, plaster and paints. In medical applications, "spatula" may also be used synonymously with tongue depressor.The word spatula derives from the Latin word for a flat piece of wood or splint, a diminutive form of the Latin spatha, meaning 'broadsword', and hence can also refer to a tongue depressor.

A small implement having an angled handle and a broad, flat blade that is used in cooking or serving food

A small implement having a straight handle and a broad, flexible blade that is used to mix or spread semiliquid substances

Chiefly British A tongue depressor.

A small implement having an angled handle and a broad, flat blade that is used in cooking or serving food

Having the form of a spatula.

Chiefly British A tongue depressor.

A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.

(North America) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.

(dated) A palette knife.

(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.

(entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.

(transitive) To lift with or as if with a spatula.

(transitive) To strike with a spatula.

An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.

A turner with a narrow flexible blade

A hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances