different between burner vs heater

English

Etymology

From burn +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?n?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?(?)

Noun

burner (plural burners)

1. Someone or something which burns.
2. An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking.

   Synonym: (UK) ring

   Hyponym: back burner
3. (chemistry) A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner.
4. A device that burns fuel; e.g. a diesel engine; a hot-air balloon's propulsion system.
5. A device for burning refuse; an incinerator.
6. (computing) A device that allows data or music to be stored on a CDR or CD-ROM.
7. (slang) Short for burner phone; a mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced.
8. (computing) An app that creates temporary phone numbers for a user.
9. (slang) An elaborate piece of graffiti.
10. (slang) A pyrotechnic tear gas canister.
11. (slang) A gun.
12. Alternative letter-case form of Burner (“participant in Burning Man”).

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (b?n?)

Derived terms

• charcoal burner
• wood burner

Translations

Anagrams

• Bruner, reburn

English

Etymology

heat +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?hit?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?hi?t?/
• Rhymes: -i?t?(?)

Noun

heater (plural heaters)

1. A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

2. A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
3. (dated, slang) A gun.

4. (baseball, slang) A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.

5. (gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.

6. (historical) A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.

Derived terms

• dry heater
• fan heater
• feedwater heater
• oil heater
• point heater
• space heater
• wet heater

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (h?t?)

Translations

See also

• heating

Anagrams

• Aether, aether, eather, hearte, hereat, reheat, æther

Middle English

Noun

heater

1. Alternative form of hater