• Albbi@piefed.caEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Curling iron or hair straightener are the two terms I know for those things.

        • marcos@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          Aren’t those two different pieces of equipment? (Or at least two different parts you swap in a very basic piece of equipment?)

          Those are two completely opposite changes, and the format the iron would have to have for each seems completely incompatible.

      • Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Framing hammer gives more “grip” when striking a nail.

        Finishing hammer won’t mess up a delicate surface when struck.

        They both drive a nail but used at different times. Could you just use one hammer? Sure, but it is harder to drive in large nails with a finishing hammer and a framing hammer will mess up your trim. You’ll mess up your finishing hammer if you strike framing nails with a finishing hammer.

        A flat iron or a hairstyling iron is a specific tool to straighten hair

        A “hair straightener” could be a flat hairstyling iron but it could also be something that doesn’t “iron” to straighten. It encompasses more.

    • anomoly@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Personally, without the ‘hair’ context, I would have checked the iron that you use with an ironing board to get wrinkles out of clothes.

    • renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      Generic term for hair styling device with a direct contact heating element that’s not a hair dryer/blower. It’s not always obvious that the unit is on except for a small light, and can remain hot after use and a source for small burns to the body.

      So straightener/curling iron (that doesn’t use air like Dyson etc).