Canner vs Canned - What's the difference?
canner | canned |
Someone or something which cans.
A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
(US, slang) Someone who lives off refunds from recycling.
Preserved in cans.
(slang) Drunk.
Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass produced, or lacking originality or customization.
(can)
As a noun canner
is someone or something which cans.As an adjective canned is
preserved in cans.As a verb canned is
past tense of can.canner
English
Noun
(en noun)Quotations
One who lives off container deposits * 2007 , Jon Mooallem,The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration],(New York Times), May 27, 2007, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/magazine/27Bottle-t.html?pagewanted=7 p. 7: *: Yet many canners told me that they can easily earn a daily wage of 20 or 30 dollars; each then recycles upward of 600 containers every day. * 2009 , (Camilo Jose Vergara),
125th and Lex: The most complicated, disturbing, and lively intersection in New York City. A photo essay., , December 3, 2009: *: Among the crowds are ordinary working people shopping at the Pathmark, as well as down-and-out "canners " bringing their cans and bottles to the recycling station on East 124th Street. ----
canned
English
Adjective
(-)- canned tomatoes
- The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.
