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Drier vs Crier - What's the difference?

drier | crier |

As a noun drier

is one who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.

As an adjective drier

is (dry).

As a proper noun crier is

.

drier

English

Alternative forms

* dryer

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.
    • The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
  • (chiefly, British, Canadian) Any substance that accelerates drying.
  • (chiefly, British, Canadian) Catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (dry)

    • Anagrams

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    crier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who cries.
  • * 1967 , Richard M. Elman, The 28th day of Elul (page 94)
    • Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give utterance to her feelings might have outshrilled all the criers in hell.
  • An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.

    • Anagrams

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