different between fastener vs coupler

English

Etymology

fasten +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fæs?n?/, /?fæsn?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??s?n?/, /?f??sn?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?f??s?n?/, /?f??sn?/
• Hyphenation: fast?en?er, faste?ner

Noun

fastener (plural fasteners)

1. Something or someone that fastens.
2. Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

   Synonym: clasp

Derived terms

• pop fastener
• snap fastener
• zip fastener

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (fasun?)

Translations

Further reading

• fastener on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Feenstra, fenestra, refasten

English

Etymology

From couple +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?pl?/

Noun

coupler (plural couplers)

1. (now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
2. Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
3. (music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
4. A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
5. An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin c?pul?re, present active infinitive of c?pul?. Doublet of the borrowed copuler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ple/

Verb

coupler

1. to couple

Conjugation

Derived terms

• accoupler
• découpler

Further reading

• “coupler” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).