Rasp vs. Raspberry — What's the Difference?

A rasp is a coarse form of file used for coarsely shaping wood or other material. Typically a hand tool, it consists of a generally tapered rectangular, round, or half-round sectioned bar of case hardened steel with distinct, individually cut teeth.

The raspberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus. The name also applies to these plants themselves.

A coarse file with sharp, pointed projections.

Any of various shrubby, usually prickly plants of the genus Rubus of the rose family that bear edible fruit, especially R. idaeus of eastern North America and Eurasia.

The act of filing with a rasp.

The aggregate fruit of any of these plants, consisting of many small, fleshy, usually red drupelets.

A harsh grating sound.

A moderate to dark or deep purplish red.

To file or scrape with a rasp.

(Slang)A derisive or contemptuous sound made by vibrating the extended tongue and the lips while exhaling.

To utter in a grating voice.

The plant Rubus idaeus.

To grate on (nerves or feelings).

Any of many other (but not all) species in the genus Rubus.

To scrape harshly; grate.

The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.

To make a harsh, grating sound.

A red colour, the colour of a ripe raspberry.

A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

(colloquial) A noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin, used humorously or to express derision.

The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.

A cripple.

(obsolete) The raspberry.

Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.

(intransitive) To use a rasp.

(color) Of a dark pinkish red.

(intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.

To gather or forage for raspberries.

To say in a raspy voice.

(colloquial) To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.

(transitive) To work something with a rasp.

The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idæus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry.

To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.

Woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries

To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder.

Red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries

Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.

A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

The raspberry.

Uttering in an irritated tone

A coarse file with sharp pointed projections

Scrape with a rasp

Utter in a grating voice