different between heather vs heater

English

Alternative forms

• hadder (dialectal)
• hether, hather (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English hather, hathir, from Old English *h?ddre and h?þ (“heather”), cognate with Scots hedder, hadder, heddir (“heather”), Saterland Frisian Heede (“heather”), West Frisian heide (“heather”), Dutch heide (“heather”), German Low German Heide, Heid (“heather”), German Heide (“heather”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?ð?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?ð?/
• Rhymes: -?ð?(?)
• Hyphenation: heath?er

Noun

heather (countable and uncountable, plural heathers)

1. (botany) An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
2. (botany) The Ericaceae family.
3. (botany) Various species of the genus Erica.
4. (botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope.
5. A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.

6. (textiles) The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.

Synonyms

• (Calluna vulgaris): ling

Related terms

• heath

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• heather on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ericaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ericaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Translations

Adjective

heather (not comparable)

1. Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.

Anagrams

• heareth

English

Etymology

heat +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?hit?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?hi?t?/
• Rhymes: -i?t?(?)

Noun

heater (plural heaters)

1. A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

2. A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
3. (dated, slang) A gun.

4. (baseball, slang) A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.

5. (gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.

6. (historical) A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.

Derived terms

• dry heater
• fan heater
• feedwater heater
• oil heater
• point heater
• space heater
• wet heater

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (h?t?)

Translations

See also

• heating

Anagrams

• Aether, aether, eather, hearte, hereat, reheat, æther

Middle English

Noun

heater

1. Alternative form of hater