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Blancher vs Plancher - What's the difference?

blancher | plancher |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between blancher and plancher

is that blancher is (obsolete) one who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside while plancher is (obsolete) to form using planks.

As nouns the difference between blancher and plancher

is that blancher is one who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose while plancher is a floor made of wood.

As a verb plancher is

(obsolete) to form using planks.

blancher

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.
  • A machine for blanching or whitening.
  • (obsolete) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.
  • And Gynecia, a blancher , which kept the dearest deer from her. — Sir P. Sidney.
    And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel. — Latimer.

    plancher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A floor made of wood.
  • A plank.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • (architecture) The underside of a cornice; a soffit.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To form using planks.
  • (Golding)
    (Webster 1913) ----