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Bubbler vs Airstone - What's the difference?

bubbler | airstone | Synonyms |

Airstone is a synonym of bubbler.



As nouns the difference between bubbler and airstone

is that bubbler is something that emits bubbles while airstone is a piece of aquarium furniture, traditionally limewood or porous stone, whose purpose is to diffuse oxygen gradually into the tank, eliminating the noise and large bubbles of conventional air filtration systems.

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

    airstone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia airstone)
  • A piece of aquarium furniture, traditionally limewood or porous stone, whose purpose is to diffuse oxygen gradually into the tank, eliminating the noise and large bubbles of conventional air filtration systems.

    • Synonyms

    * bubbler

    Anagrams

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