Chiller vs Cooler - What's the difference?
chiller | cooler |
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
(chill)
* 1844 Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
(countable) anything which cools
(countable) an insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping
(US, countable, or, uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled
(US, slang) a prison
(poker, colloquial) A cold deck.
(countable) a bouncer or door man
(cool)
As nouns the difference between chiller and cooler
is that chiller is something that chills, especially a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc while cooler is anything which cools.As adjectives the difference between chiller and cooler
is that chiller is comparative of chill while cooler is comparative of cool.chiller
English
Noun
(wikipedia chiller) (en noun)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)- 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 . . .
cooler
English
Noun
- If acid things were used only as coolers , they would not be so proper in this case. — Arbuthnot.
- They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
- "About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap." - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler
Synonyms
* car fridge * cool bag, cool box (UK) * chilly bin (New Zealand) * esky (Australia) * ice chest * bouncerAdjective
(head)- He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.