different between elater vs plater

English

Etymology 1

elate +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??le?.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??le?.t?/

Noun

elater (plural elaters)

1. That which elates.

Etymology 2

From New Latin elat?r, from Ancient Greek ?????? (elat?r, “driver, that which drives away”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l.?.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l.?.t?/

Noun

elater (plural elaters)

1. (obsolete) Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
2. (botany) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.
3. (botany) Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
4. (zoology) An elaterid, or click beetle.

Derived terms

• pseudoelater

References

• elater in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Aertel, Ertale, Tralee, alreet, e-alert, earlet, relate, telera

English

Etymology

plate +? -er.

Noun

plater (plural platers)

1. Someone who plates metal.
2. Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
3. A machine for calendering paper.
4. (biology) A device for depositing cells on a plate.
5. (horse-racing) A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.

Related terms

• electroplater

Translations

Anagrams

• Alpert, palter, replat

Middle English

Alternative forms

• platter

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman plater.

Noun

plater (plural platers)

1. platter

Descendants

• English: platter
• Yola: plathearès (plural)

References

• “plater, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

plater m or f

1. indefinite plural of plate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

plater f

1. indefinite plural of plate

Old French

Noun

plater m (oblique plural platers, nominative singular platers, nominative plural plater)

1. platter (serving plate)

Descendants

• ? English: platter

References

• plater on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub