Difference between Pulley and Sheave
What is the difference between Pulley and Sheave?
Pulley as a noun is one of the simple machines; a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain will lift an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance). while Sheave as a noun is a wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.
Pulley
Part of speech: noun
Definition: One of the simple machines; a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain will lift an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
Sheave
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to gather and bind into a sheaf
We hope you now know whether to use Pulley or Sheave in your sentence.
