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Condenser vs Compressor - What's the difference?

condenser | compressor |

As nouns the difference between condenser and compressor

is that condenser is a device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine while compressor is a device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.

condenser

English

Noun

(wikipedia condenser) (en noun)
  • A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.
  • (electronics) A capacitor.
  • (optics) A lens (or combination of lenses) designed to gather light and focus it onto a specimen or part of a mechanism.
  • A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth.

    • compressor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
  • A device that squeezes (compresses).
  • # An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
  • # An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
  • # A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
  • (audio) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
  • (anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
  • (computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.

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