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Drier vs Trier - What's the difference?

drier | trier |

As a noun drier

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

As an adjective drier

is (dry).

As a proper noun trier is

a city in rhineland-palatinate, germany, on the banks of the moselle river.

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

    *

    trier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
    • (Boyle)
  • An instrument used for sampling something.
  • * 2009 , Stephanie Clark, ?Michael Costello, ?Floyd Bodyfelt, The Sensory Evaluation of Dairy Products (page 145)
    • The judge should grasp the butter trier firmly in hand and insert the sampling device as near as possible to the center of the butter sample.
  • One who tries judicially.
  • (legal) A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
    • (Burrill)
  • (obsolete) That which tries or approves; a test.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Derived terms

    * trier of fact

    Anagrams

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