different between roaster vs broiler

English

Etymology

From Middle English roster, roostare, equivalent to roast +? -er. Same formation as roster, although the words have very different meanings.

Pronunciation

Noun

roaster (plural roasters)

1. One who roasts food.
   • 2011, Ruth A. Johnston, All Things Medieval: An Encyclopedia of the Medieval World

     […] they [professional cooks] had as many as 25 helpers, such as saucerers, larders, roasters, pottagers, bakers, spicers, and fruiterers, not to mention spit turners and scullions.

2. (cooking) A kitchen utensil used for roasting.

   Synonyms: roasting tin, roasting pan

3. A chicken, pig, etc. suitable for roasting.
4. A furnace used in making ball soda.
5. One who roasts or banters, especially as a comedy routine.
6. (planetology, informal) A hot Jupiter.
7. (Scotland, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; somebody making a fool of themselves.

Anagrams

• Serrato, Traores, reroast, roarest

English

Etymology

From broil +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b???l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b???l?/
• Rhymes: -??l?(r)

Noun

broiler (plural broilers)

1. A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
2. (cooking, Canada, US) A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in UK English.
3. A chicken suitable for broiling.
4. (archaic) One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels.
   • 1649, Henry Hammond, The Pastor's Motto

     What doth he but turn broiler, […] make new libels against the church?

Derived terms

• broilerhouse

Descendants

• ? Latgalian: broilers

Translations

Anagrams

• 'orrible