different between brander vs blander

English

Etymology 1

brand +? -er

Noun

brander (plural branders)

1. A person who brands.
2. An implement used to brand something; a branding iron.

Etymology 2

Verb

brander (third-person singular simple present branders, present participle brandering, simple past and past participle brandered)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To cook (meat, etc.) on a gridiron.

Anagrams

• Bernard, bernard, rebrand

Afrikaans

Etymology

Probably related to branding. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brander (plural branders)

1. breaker (wave near the shore or a shallow area)

Derived terms

• branderplank

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br?n.d?r/
• Hyphenation: bran?der
• Rhymes: -?nd?r

Etymology 1

From branden +? -er.

Noun

brander m (plural branders, diminutive brandertje n)

1. A receptacle in which a fuel or candle is placed to be burnt.
2. blowtorch
3. (nautical) fireship [from 17th c.]
   • P.C. Hooft, Nederlandsche Historien, Book XXII, in W. Hellinga en P. Tuynman (eds.), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Alle de gedrukte werken, 1611-1738, vol. 5, page 968.

   Synonyms: brandschip, vuurschip

Etymology 2

Related to branding. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brander m (plural branders, diminutive brandertje n)

1. (obsolete) A breaker (wave). [19th c.]
   • 1883, De Zee, vol. 5, page 77.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brander m

1. fire, conflagration
2. sword

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: brand

English

Adjective

blander

1. comparative form of bland: more bland

Anagrams

• Brandel, Breland, brandle

Danish

Verb

blander

1. present of blande

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From blande +? -er

Noun

blander m (definite singular blanderen, indefinite plural blandere, definite plural blanderne)

1. a mixer

Synonyms

• blandemaskin

Derived terms

• betongblander
• sementblander

Etymology 2

Verb

blander

1. present tense of blande

See also

• blandar (Nynorsk)

References

• “blander” in The Bokmål Dictionary.