different between blancher vs brancher

English

Etymology

blanch +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?blænt??(?)/, /?bl??nt??(?)/

Noun

blancher (plural blanchers)

1. One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.
2. A machine for blanching or whitening.
3. (obsolete) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.

   • And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer from her.

   • 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough

     And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel.

Related terms

• blencher

English

Etymology

branch +? -er

Noun

brancher (plural branchers)

1. That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
2. (falconry) A young owl or other raptor that is just too young to fly. So called because of the bird still clinging to the branches while practising flying movements with the wings.

Anagrams

• rebranch

French

Etymology

branche +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???.?e/

Verb

brancher

1. to connect (appliance)
2. (computing) to branch
3. (Louisiana) to branch off, to turn (of a road)

   Synonym: fourcher

Conjugation

Further reading

• “brancher” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).