different between serger vs merger

English

Etymology

From serge +? -er.

Noun

serger (plural sergers)

1. (sewing) A type of sewing machine designed to produce an overlock stitch and to cut the fabric as it stitches.
   • 2008, Shannon Okey, The Pillow Book: Over 25 Simple-to-Sew Patterns for Every Room and Every Mood, page 31,

     If using a serger instead of a sewing machine, remember to eliminate or otherwise take into account the seam allowances given to each pattern, or you may end up with a larger pillow than expected. […] Sergers, which create a series of overlapping stitches on the actual edge of the fabric, cutting away the excess, do not require seam allowances.

   • 2008, Madlyn Easley, Quick and Easy Window Treatments: 15 Easy-Sew Projects that Build Skills, Too, page 20,

     If you have a serger, you can use it to finish fabric edges so they don't ravel, but the zigzag stitch on your regular machine works well, too.

   • 2010, Cait London, Instinctive Male, page 158,

     With that, Mikhail sat down to place spools of thread on the serger, studying the directions and clearly dismissing her.

Synonyms

• (type of sewing machine): overlock machine

Related terms

• serge

Anagrams

• Greers, Regers

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: mûr?j?r, IPA^(key): /?m?d??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??d??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??(?)
• Hyphenation: merg?er

Etymology 1

From merge +? -er.

Noun

merger (plural mergers)

1. One that merges.

Etymology 2

Old French merger (“verb used as noun”)

Noun

merger (plural mergers)

1. The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.

   Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half

2. (economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
3. (law) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
4. (phonology) A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.

   the cot-caught merger

Synonyms

• combination
• fusion
• (linguistics): phonemic merger

Antonyms

• division

Derived terms

Related terms

• mergence

Translations

See also

• alliance
• buyout
• sellout
• takeover

References

• merger at OneLook Dictionary Search
• merger in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.