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Chiller vs Freezer - What's the difference?

chiller | freezer |

As nouns the difference between chiller and freezer

is that chiller is something that chills, especially a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc while freezer is an appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

As an adjective chiller

is comparative of 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 . . .
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    freezer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0 Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
  • The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
  • Synonyms

    * cooler (room) * walk-in freezer (room) * deep freezer, deep-freezer (stand-alone appliance)

    Derived terms

    * deepfreeze, deep-freeze, deep freeze * freezer bag * freezer burn * fridge-freezer * freezer paper * freezer-proof

    See also

    * fridge * icebox * refrigerator ----