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Baghouse vs Bughouse - What's the difference?

baghouse | bughouse |

As nouns the difference between baghouse and bughouse

is that baghouse is a fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation while bughouse is a flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.

As an adjective bughouse is

crazy, insane.

baghouse

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia baghouse)
  • A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.

    • bughouse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
  • (US, slang) A prison.
  • (US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
  • (South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.

    • Derived terms

    * bughouse chess

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US, slang) Crazy, insane.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 1127:
    • Ewball, man, that is some bughouse talk.
    English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs