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Originally Posted by Ruth
Is a ring spanner the same as a box end wrench?
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Yes, that is a ring spanner. In English, a wrench is defined as a sudden violent twist or pull. It can be used in a sentence this way: "with a wrench Tony wriggled free"
So, a wrench is the action applied to a spanner, not the spanner itself.
It seems to me that this is just one more example of how you guys "developed" your own language when Webster dumbed down the language.