different between dryer vs nappie

English

Alternative forms

• drier

Usage notes

In both British and American English, the spelling drier is preferred for the comparative adjective and dryer for the noun.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?a??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?a??/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry +? -er (“agent suffix”).

Noun

dryer (plural dryers)

1. One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.

   The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.

2. A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.
3. An electric hair dryer.
4. Any other device or substance, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity.
5. A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.

Synonyms

• (household appliance for drying clothing): clothes dryer, tumble dryer
• (hair dryer):

Hyponyms

• (other drying device): dehumidifier

Translations

Etymology 2

dry +? -er (“comparative suffix”)

Adjective

dryer

1. (US) comparative form of dry: more dry

Anagrams

• Derry, Ryder, derry, redry, ryder

English

Noun

nappie (plural nappies)

1. Alternative form of nappy:
   1. A diaper.
      • 1954, Ernest Cady, We Adopted Three, page 65,

        Depositing Susie in the bathinette, I removed the soiled nappie.

   2. A shallow bowl.
      • 1941, Beth Bailey McLean, The Table Graces, page 19,

        For family service, the 4-inch nappie is more practical than the sherbet glass.

      • 2003, Bob Page, Dale Frederiksen, Dean Six, Homer Laughlin: Decades of Dinnerware, page 219,

        The solid colored pieces sold with this line were the nappie, fruit bowl, creamer, sugar bowl with lid, and cup.

      • 2009, Joan E. Kaiser, The Glass Industry in South Boston, page 114,

        Numerous Eastern and Midwestern glasshouses produced the nappie in several sizes.

   3. A type of strong ale.
      • a. 1846, Robert Burns, Comforts of the Poor, 1846, Henry Corbould, The Book of the Poets, page 448,

        An' whyles twalpennie-worth o? nappie / Can mak the bodies unco happy ;

Anagrams

• pie pan