different between tweezer vs tweeter

English

Adjective

tweezer (not comparable)

1. (attributive) tweezers.

Noun

tweezer (plural tweezers)

1. (US) A pair of tweezers, tweezers.

Verb

tweezer (third-person singular simple present tweezers, present participle tweezering, simple past and past participle tweezered)

1. To use tweezers.
   • 2011, William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest

     Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers […]

English

Etymology

From to tweet +? -er.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tweeter (plural tweeters)

1. An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound.
2. (Internet) One who posts messages ("tweets") on the social networking site Twitter.

   Synonyms: Twitter user, Twitter blogger, twitterer, (slang) tweep

Translations

See also

• midrange
• squawker
• subwoofer
• woofer

Anagrams

• retweet

French

Alternative forms

• twitter

Etymology

From English tweet +? -er

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • IPA^(key): /twi.te/
• (noun)
  • IPA^(key): /twi.tœ?/

Verb

tweeter

1. (transitive, intransitive, Internet) to tweet (post to Twitter)
   • 2009, Francis Pisani, “Le futur « hybride » des médias”, Le Monde Blogs

     J'ai tweeté les idées essentielles et vous pouvez les retrouver sur @transnets.

     I have tweeted the essential ideas and you can find them on @transnets.

   • 2014, Hugo Pascual, “Vite, mes gants ! Il faut que je tweete”, Libération

     Quatre étudiants américains viennent de mettre au point une paire de gants équipée d'un micro vous permettant de tweeter à toute heure du jour et de la nuit [...]

     Four American students have just developed a pair of gloves fitted with a microphone allowing you to tweet at any time of the day or night [...]

Conjugation

Noun

tweeter m (plural tweeters)

1. tweeter (high-frequency speaker)