The problem seems to be telling the difference between a spade and a shovel.
Definitions from the Oxford English Dictionary :
Spade
noun
· a tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc..
· a tool shaped like a spade but used for another purpose, especially one for removing the blubber from a whale.
· [as modifier] shaped like a spade: a spade bit
verb
[with object]
· dig over (ground) with a spade: while spading the soil, I think of the flowers
· [with object and adverbial of direction] move (soil) with a spade: earth is spaded into the grave
shovel (shovel)
noun
a tool resembling a spade with a broad blade and typically upturned sides, used for moving coal, earth, snow, or other material: an area of turf had been dug up by vandals using a pick and shovel
a machine or part of a machine having a shape or function similar to that of a shovel.
an amount of something carried or moved with a shovel: a few shovels of earth
verb (shovels, shovelling, shovelled; US shovels, shoveling, shoveled)
[with object and adverbial]
move (coal, earth, snow, or similar) with a shovel: shovelled coal on the fire
informal put or push (something, typically food) somewhere quickly and in large quantities: He was shovelling pasta into his mouth
Confuse yourself ….. “Take your pick” 😀
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