different between warmer vs incubator

English

Etymology

warm +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w??m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??m?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?(?)
• Hyphenation: warm?er

Adjective

warmer

1. comparative form of warm: more warm

Noun

warmer (plural warmers)

1. Something that warms, such as a heater or a soup.
2. A piece of clothing for warmth, such as a bodywarmer or leg warmer.
3. An introductory activity, for example in a lesson, to stimulate interest in a topic.

Derived terms

• winter warmer

Anagrams

• rewarm

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rm?r

Adjective

warmer

1. Comparative form of warm

German

Adjective

warmer

1. inflection of warm:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

English

Etymology

From incubate +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n.kju??be?.t?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?t?(?)

Noun

incubator (plural incubators)

1. (chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
2. (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
3. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
4. A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
5. (business) A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.
   • 2006, Philip N. Cooke, Creative Industries in Wales: Potential and Pitfalls (page 34)

     So the question that is commonly asked is, why put a media incubator in a media desert and have it managed by a civil servant? This gets to the heart of the institutional support problem in Wales.

Synonyms

• (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby): brooder
• (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs): brooder

Related terms

• incubate
• incubation
• incubative

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French incubateur.

Noun

incubator n (plural incubatoare)

1. incubator

Declension