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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Biscuit as a noun (UK):

    A cracker.

    Examples:

    "cheese and biscuits'', ''[[water biscuit water biscuits]]'', ''digestive biscuits"

  4. 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.

  5. Biscuit as a noun:

    A form of unglazed earthenware.

  6. Biscuit as a noun:

    A light brown colour.

    Examples:

    "color paneFCE7D3"

  7. 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.

  8. Biscuit as a noun (US, slang):

    A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.

  9. Biscuit as a noun (US, slang, hiphop):

    A handgun, especially a revolver.

  10. Biscuit as a noun (ice hockey):

    A hockey puck.

  1. Spline as a noun:

    Long thin piece of metal or wood.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Spline as a noun (mathematics, computing):

    Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.

  5. 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.

  1. Spline as a verb (mathematics, computing):

    To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.

  2. Spline as a verb (engineering):

    To fit with a spline.

  3. Spline as a verb (engineering):

    To fasten to or together with a spline.

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