Difference between Pounder and Pestle

What is the difference between Pounder and Pestle?

Pounder as a noun is a vessel in which something is pounded, or something used in pounding; see pestle and mortar while Pestle as a noun is a club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

Pounder

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A vessel in which something is pounded, or something used in pounding; see pestle and mortar (in combination) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot (in combination) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds

Pestle

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pound, crush, rub or grind (things), as in a mortar with a pestle.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

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