different between sander vs saner

English

Etymology

sand +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sænd?/

Noun

sander (plural sanders)

1. A person employed to sand wood.
2. A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
3. (railway) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy or icy conditions to improve traction.
4. (historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.

Derived terms

• random orbital sander
• belt sander

Related terms

• (sense 3) sanding gear

Translations

Anagrams

• Anders, Andres, Dranes, Naders, Rendas, Snader, dearns, denars, redans, resand, sandre, snared

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sannr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz.

Adjective

sander

1. true, real

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: sann

English

Adjective

saner

1. comparative form of sane: more sane

Anagrams

• Naser, Nears, RNase, SNARE, Serna, Snare, eRNAs, earns, ernas, nares, nears, reans, snare

Latin

Verb

s?ner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of s?n?