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Amplifier vs Enhancer - What's the difference?

amplifier | enhancer |

As nouns the difference between amplifier and enhancer

is that amplifier is anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense while enhancer is something that enhances.

amplifier

English

(wikipedia amplifier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
  • (electronics) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
  • (US, music) An amp, specifically a particular type of speaker housed in a portable encasement used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.

    • Derived terms

    () * error amplifier * power amplifier * tube amplifier * valve amplifier

    Related terms

    () * amplifying glass * ample * amplifiable * amplification * amplificatory * amplify * amplitude

    See also

    * gain ----

    enhancer

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia enhancer) (en noun)
  • Something that enhances.
  • * 2007 , Ken Albala, Beans: A History (page 95)
    • Mucuna pruriens' Latin name may be thought to suggest its predilection, but actually means itchy. Nonetheless, one can easily find it being sold in capsules as a sex enhancer. It has actually been used as such in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries.
  • (genetics) A short region of DNA that can increase transcription of genes