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Cooper vs Cooker - What's the difference?

cooper | cooker |

As nouns the difference between cooper and cooker

is that cooper is a craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs while cooker is (chiefly|british) a device for heating food.

As a verb cooper

is to make and repair barrels etc.

cooper

Translingual

Proper noun

(mul-proper noun)
  • A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Daniel Cooper (~1817-1842).
  • cooker

    English

    (wikipedia cooker)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, British) A device for heating food
  • (chiefly, British, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.
  • A cooking apple.
  • * 2004 , Laura Mason, Food Culture in Great Britain (page 94)
  • For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers .

    Synonyms

    * stove

    Derived terms

    * AGA cooker * electric cooker * gas cooker * multicooker * pressure cooker * slow cooker

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