In article ,
Richard wrote:
Huge's definition is certainly the one I remember - a bolt isn't
threaded all the way. But just when a machine screw becomes just a
screw I dunno.

A bolt is a screw if screwed into something rather than having a nut
attached.

Not so - an obvious example being car cylinder head bolts. Which screw
into the block in most cases.

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