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Bubber vs Bubbler - What's the difference?

bubber | bubbler |

As nouns the difference between bubber and bubbler

is that bubber is a person who steals plate from public houses while bubbler is something that emits bubbles.

bubber

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A person who steals plate from public houses.
  • (archaic) A drinking bowl.
  • (archaic) a very good drinker.

    • References

    * BUBBER'', ''Dictionary of Thieving Slang , 1737.

    bubbler

    English

    (wikipedia bubbler)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that emits bubbles.
  • * 1860 , Charles Stuart Forbes, Iceland; Its Volcanoes, Geysers and Glaciers , page 247,
    • In proof of this I can assert my success in extinguishing a youthful bubbler near Reykholt church.
  • An airstone for an aquarium.
  • A drinking fountain.
  • * 1919 February, , Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics , Issue 250, page 39,
    • There are many types of fountain from which persons may drink by taking the nozzle of the bubbler' into the mouth, and this practice is common ; furthermore, there are many types in the use of which water from the lips of the consumer falls back onto the ' bubbler at the point of outlet.
  • * 1939 June, Ella Gardner, Short-Time Camps: A Manual for 4-H Leaders , , Miscellaneous Publication No. 346, page 11,
    • Plans for an inexpensive bubbler or drinking fountain that have been worked out by the 4-H Club department in Massachusetts are shown in figure 4.
  • * 1962 February, Repairs and Utilities: Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Mechanical Ventilation, and Evaporative Cooling , , Technical Manual TM 5-670, page 82,
    • Small self-contained water coolers have a limited capacity of cooled water. They are equipped with one bubbler or drinking fountain and have a capacity of about 5 gallons of cooled water per hour or less.
  • A device used for smoking marijuana, similar to a but with a section that holds water, like a bong
  • (obsolete) One who cheats.
    • All the Jews, jobbers, bubblers , subscribers, projectors, etc. — Alexander Pope.
  • (US) A fish of the Ohio river; so called from the noise it makes.

    • Usage notes

    In , used primarily in the phrase “(Benson Bubbler)”.

    Synonyms

    * (drinking fountain) drinking fountain, water fountain * (device for smoking marijuana) bubbler bong

    Anagrams

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    References

    * Map of “bubbler, drinking fountain, water fountain” usage in the United States, Harvard Dialect Survey, Bert Vaux * The Meaning of the Bubbler * Use of bubbler as a synonym for drinking fountain, LINGUIST List 5.1377, Fri 02 Dec 1994 * Wisconsin Englishes: Words