The difference between shovel and shovel

Spades and shovels are tools for digging and shoveling things, which are collectively referred to as shovels in our daily life. But in fact, their shapes are slightly different:

Spade (pronunciation: Qi) ā o) It is generally made of steel (iron carbon alloy with carbon content less than 2%). The handle of a spade has a short turn, which is obviously different from a spade.

Shovel (pronunciation: Xi) ā n) The name of the farm tool is like a spade and wider than a spade. There is no short crutch at the handle end. The shovel is made of steel and pig iron (iron carbon alloy with carbon content greater than 2%). The shovel made of pig iron (very common in rural China in the 1980s) has high hardness, but it is very brittle. It will break after small deformation.