Difference between Bolt and Rivet

What is the difference between Bolt and Rivet?

Bolt as a verb is to connect or assemble pieces using a bolt. while Rivet as a verb is to attach or fasten parts by using rivets

Bolt

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt. To secure a door by locking or barring it. To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly. To escape. Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed. To swallow food without chewing it. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink. To sift, especially through a cloth.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm. A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult, especially a short, stout arrow. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. A sudden event. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth. The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.

Rivet

Part of speech: noun

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

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to attach or fasten parts by using rivetsto install rivetsto command the attention of spectators

We hope you now know whether to use Bolt or Rivet in your sentence.

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