different between zester vs grater

English

Etymology

zest +? -er

Noun

zester (plural zesters)

1. A kitchen implement used to remove the zest of citrus fruit.

Hypernyms

• (kitchen implement): bar tool, implement, kitchen implement

Translations

Anagrams

• Setzer, trezes

French

Etymology

zeste +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?s.te/

Verb

zester

1. to zest

Conjugation

Further reading

• “zester” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• restez, stérez, tersez

English

Etymology

From Old French grateor. See grate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gr?t'?, IPA^(key): /???e?t?/
• (US) enPR: gr?t'?r, IPA^(key): /???e?t?/
• Rhymes: -e?t?(?)
• Homophone: greater

Noun

grater (plural graters)

1. a tool with which one grates, especially cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump

Translations

See also

• surform

Anagrams

• Trager, garret, garter

Old French

Alternative forms

• gratter

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *kratt?n, from Proto-Germanic *kratt?n?.

Verb

grater

1. to scrape (come into physical contact with in a way that causes damage)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (grater, supplement)
• grater on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub