Fun fact, the accent circonflexe, the ^ in “â”, is basically an old silent s in French. So “râpe”, pronounced RAH-Pe, shows the etymology of the word: rasp. Similar with Hôpital, HOE-PEE-TAL: hospital.

Another fun fact, these style graters are also really great for making spätzel at home.

It’s a small handheld grater, you can use it to grate a little parmesan over your food, or a little zest or whatever, without needing to mess with a bigger grater.

is this preferable to the lesser version or is it worse?

Elon Musk’s favorite tool

That’s masking tape