different between flanger vs fanger

English

Etymology

flange +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?flæn.d??(?)/

Noun

flanger (plural flangers)

1. (music) An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
2. (US) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines.

English

Etymology

From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang +? -er. Cognate with Old High German fangari (“fanger; one who takes”).

Noun

fanger (plural fangers)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A receiver.
2. (obsolete) A helper; protector.

Danish

Verb

fanger

1. present of fange

Noun

fanger

1. indefinite plural of fange

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger. Cognates include West Frisian finger.

Noun

fanger m (plural fangern)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) finger

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb fange +? -er

Noun

fanger m (definite singular fangeren, indefinite plural fangere, definite plural fangerne)

1. a person or object that catches something, literally a catcher

Derived terms

• hvalfanger
• solfanger
• støtfanger

Etymology 2

Noun

fanger m pl

1. indefinite plural of fange

Etymology 3

Verb

fanger

1. present of fange

See also

• fangar (Nynorsk)

References

• “fanger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fanger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).