different between electroplater vs plater

English

Etymology

electroplate +? -er

Noun

electroplater (plural electroplaters)

1. Someone who uses electroplating techniques to apply a thin layer of metal on the surface of another metal.

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