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Pilers vs. Pliers — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Pilers and Pliers

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Pilers

Plural of piler

Pliers

Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, possibly developed from tongs used to handle hot metal in Bronze Age Europe. They are also useful for bending and compressing a wide range of materials.

Pliers

Pincers with parallel, flat, and typically serrated surfaces, used chiefly for gripping small objects or bending wire
A pair of pliers

Pliers

One who plies a trade.

Pliers

Pliers A variously shaped hand tool having a pair of pivoted jaws, used for holding, bending, or cutting.
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Pliers

A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.
I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.

Pliers

A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, - used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.

Pliers

A gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws

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