The difference between Biscuit and Spline
When used as nouns, biscuit means a small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie, whereas spline means long thin piece of metal or wood.
Spline is also verb with the meaning: to smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
check bellow for the other definitions of Biscuit and Spline
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Biscuit as a noun (chiefly, UK, Australia, Ireland, NZ, rare in the US):
A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie.
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Biscuit as a noun (chiefly, North America):
A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
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Biscuit as a noun (UK):
A cracker.
Examples:
"cheese and biscuits'', ''[[water biscuit water biscuits]]'', ''digestive biscuits"
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Biscuit as a noun (nautical):
The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
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Biscuit as a noun:
A form of unglazed earthenware.
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Biscuit as a noun:
A light brown colour.
Examples:
"color paneFCE7D3"
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Biscuit as a noun (woodworking):
A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
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Biscuit as a noun (US, slang):
A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
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Biscuit as a noun (US, slang, hiphop):
A handgun, especially a revolver.
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Biscuit as a noun (ice hockey):
A hockey puck.
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Spline as a noun:
Long thin piece of metal or wood.
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Spline as a noun:
A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
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Spline as a noun:
A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
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Spline as a noun (mathematics, computing):
Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
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Spline as a noun (woodworking):
A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
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Spline as a verb (mathematics, computing):
To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
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Spline as a verb (engineering):
To fit with a spline.
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Spline as a verb (engineering):
To fasten to or together with a spline.