Difference between stamp and planchet

stamp

Definitions

verb

  1. reveal clearly as having a certain character
  2. to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
  3. walk heavily
  4. raise in a relief
  5. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
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noun

  1. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
  2. something that can be used as an official medium of payment
  3. a type or class
  4. a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
  5. a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
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Examples

If this approach has a drawback, it is that the zealous pursuit of the founding principle—disinterring the buried life, stamped under the sod by conniving male partners—sometimes obscures the fact that not a great deal gets added to the wider cultural landscape it is bent on illuminating.

A couple have told how they are lucky to be alive after a horse pulling their carriage ran amok and started a stampede during a holiday pleasure trip.

The League Against Cruel Sports issued a statement Wednesday calling on Ottawa to "take steps to end the immense cruelty to animals in events such as calf-roping, which is practised at rodeos including the Calgary Stampede.

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planchet

Definitions

noun

  1. a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin

Examples

[Most of us reveal such a tendency whenever we handle a "ouija-board" or a "planchet," or let ourselves write automatically with a pencil.]

The high portion of the left side of the die, the fields, could not properly smooth the natural roughness of a raw planchet.

When brought down in the screw press it unevenly impressed the planchet.

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