different between faucet vs mixer

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English faucet, fawcett, borrowed from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Late Latin fals?re or from a diminutive of Latin faux, fauc?s (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: fô?s?t, IPA^(key): /?f??s?t/
• Rhymes: -??s?t
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?s?t/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?f?s?t/

Noun

faucet (plural faucets)

1. (Canada, US) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
2. (game development) One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation

   Antonym: sink

Synonyms

• tap, spigot

Hypernyms

• valve

Translations

Anagrams

• fucate

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fawcett

Etymology

From Old French fausset, perhaps from Latin faux (“throat”).

Noun

faucet

1. faucet

Descendants

• English: faucet

English

Etymology

mix +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ks?(r)

Noun

mixer (plural mixers)

1. One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
2. One who mixes or socializes.
3. A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
4. A non-alcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.

5. (sound engineering) A mixing console.
7. (US) A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year.
8. Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners.
9. A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head.
10. (electronics) A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it.

Hyponyms

• cement mixer
• concrete mixer
• electric whisk
• hand mixer

Coordinate terms

• blender
• food processor

Related terms

• mix
• mixture

Derived terms

• vision mixer

Translations

Further reading

• drink mixer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mirex, remix

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English mixer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?k.s?r/
• Hyphenation: mi?xer
• Rhymes: -?ks?r

Noun

mixer m (plural mixers, diminutive mixertje n)

1. A mixer (device, esp. kitchen appliance, for mixing).
2. A music mixer.

Derived terms

• staafmixer

Related terms

• mixen

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mik.se/

Verb

mixer

1. to mix

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mixer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mik.sœ?/

Noun

mixer m (plural mixers)

1. mixer (machine for mixing)

Anagrams

• remix

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French mixer

Noun

mixer n (plural mixere)

1. blender

Declension