Bodkin vs. Needle
Difference Between Bodkin and Needle
Bodkinnoun
A small, sharply pointed instrument for making holes in fabric or leather.
Needlenoun
A slender, pointed implement used for sewing or surgical suturing, made usually of polished steel and having an eye at one end through which a length of thread is passed and held.
Bodkinnoun
A blunt needle for pulling tape or ribbon through a series of loops or a hem.
Needlenoun
Any of various similar implements, such as a fine sharp-pointed instrument used in acupuncture or a pointed shaft used in knitting, crocheting, or lace making.
Bodkinnoun
A long hairpin, usually with an ornamental head.
Needlenoun
A sharp-pointed instrument used in engraving.
Bodkinnoun
(Printing) An awl or pick for extracting letters from set type.
Needlenoun
A slender piece of jewel or steel used to transmit vibrations from the grooves of a phonograph record.
Bodkinnoun
A dagger or stiletto.
Needlenoun
A slender pointer or indicator on a dial, scale, or similar part of a mechanical device.
Bodkinnoun
A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
Needlenoun
A magnetic needle.
Bodkinnoun
A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
Needlenoun
A hypodermic needle.
Bodkinnoun
A hairpin.
Needlenoun
(Informal) A hypodermic injection; a shot.
Bodkinnoun
A dagger.
Needlenoun
Chiefly Upper Northern US See dragonfly.
Bodkinnoun
A type of long thin arrowhead.
Needlenoun
A narrow stiff leaf, as of a pine or fir.
Bodkinnoun
(printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters letters from a column or page in making corrections.
Needlenoun
A fine, sharp projection, as a spine of a sea urchin or a crystal.
Bodkinadverb
Closely wedged between two people.
to sit bodkin; to ride bodkinNeedlenoun
A tall narrow rock formation.
Bodkinnoun
a dagger with a slender blade
Needlenoun
An obelisk.
Bodkinnoun
formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
Needlenoun
(Informal) A goading, provoking, or teasing remark or act.
Bodkinnoun
a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
Needleverb
To prick, pierce, or stitch with a needle.
Bodkinnoun
a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
Needleverb
(Informal) To goad, provoke, or tease.
Needleverb
To sew or do similar work with a needle.
Needlenoun
A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.
The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.Needlenoun
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
Needlenoun
A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.Needlenoun
A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.Needlenoun
A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
Needlenoun
}} The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
Needlenoun
A text string that is searched for within another string.
Needleverb
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
Needleverb
(transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.Needleverb
(transitive) To form in the shape of a needle.
to needle crystalsNeedlenoun
as of a conifer
Needlenoun
a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
Needlenoun
a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
Needlenoun
a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
Needleverb
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism;
He needled her with his sarcastic remarksNeedleverb
prick with a needle
