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Chiller vs Childer - What's the difference?

chiller | childer |

As nouns the difference between chiller and childer

is that chiller is something that chills, especially a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc while childer is (ireland|obsolete elsewhere).

As an adjective chiller

is (chill).

chiller

English

Noun

(wikipedia chiller) (en noun)
  • Something that chills, especially a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.
  • A frightening dramatic work, such as a book or film
  • Quotations

    * 2002 Robert C. Summers, Lawrence J. Dyckman - Food Safety *: Carcasses are then trimmed, rinsed, and, as the final step of the slaughter line, placed into a chiller . * 1991 Michael R. Pitts - Famous Movie Detectives II *: Variety termed the film "a fairly suspenseful low-budget chiller ."

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (chill)
  • * 1844 Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
  • With the setting of the sun a strong breeze, every blast of which was chiller' and ' chiller , had begun to blow, rustling with a low continuous hum . . .
    English agent nouns ----

    childer

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (Ireland, obsolete elsewhere)
  • Derived terms

    * Childermas

    References

    * Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Accessed 23 Feb. 2006. * The O'Byrne Files, " Dublin Slang Dictionary" Accessed 23 Feb. 2006.