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Blower vs Breather - What's the difference?

blower | breather |

As nouns the difference between blower and breather

is that blower is a person who blows while breather is something or someone that breathes.

blower

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who blows.
  • Any device that blows.
  • (slang, dated, chiefly, British, usually preceded by the) Telephone.
    • Get on the blower and call headquarters right away!
  • A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
  • (dated) A braggart, or loud talker.
  • The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
  • A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Tetrodon turgidus ; the puffer.

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    breather

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something or someone that breathes.
  • A short break; a rest or respite.
    • After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.
  • (physics) A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
  • (colloquial, dated) That which puts one out of breath, such as violent exercise.