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Vise vs. Vase — What's the Difference?

Vise vs. Vase — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Vise and Vase

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Vise

A vice or vise (American English) is a mechanical apparatus used to secure an object to allow work to be performed on it. Vises have two parallel jaws, one fixed and the other movable, threaded in and out by a screw and lever.

Vase

A vase ( or ) is an open container. It can be made from a number of materials, such as ceramics, glass, non-rusting metals, such as aluminium, brass, bronze, or stainless steel.

Vise

A heavy clamp, usually mounted on a workbench and operated by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.

Vase

An open container, as of glass or porcelain, used for holding flowers or for ornamentation.

Vise

To hold or compress in or as if in a vise.
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Vase

An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

Vise

(US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.

Vase

(architecture) The body of the Corinthian capital.

Vise

To clamp with or as with a vise.

Vase

A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.
No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold,Nor silver vases took the forming mold.

Vise

An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.

Vase

A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.

Vise

An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.

Vase

The calyx of a plant.

Vise

To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.

Vase

An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers

Vise

A holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place

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