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Easter vs Heater - What's the difference?

easter | heater |

As an adjective easter

is (obsolete) eastern.

As a noun heater is

a device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

easter

English

(wikipedia Easter)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Christianity) A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Christ; the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, neither earlier than March 22 nor later than April 25.
    • We spent each of the past five Easters together as a family.
  • Eastertide
  • (obsolete) The Jewish passover.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark XIV:
    • After two dayes folowed ester , and the dayes of swete breed.
  • (paganism) A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara and celebrated at the spring equinox or within the month of April. Also known as Eostre.

    • Related terms

    * Easter Bunny * Easter egg * Easter Monday * Easter Sunday

    See also

    * pace * Pasch * Passover * Passion Sunday * Palm Sunday * Maundy Thursday * Good Friday

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    heater

    English

    (wikipedia heater)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
    • Turn on the heater ; I'm cold.
  • (dated, slang) A gun.
    • The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.
  • (baseball, slang) A fastball.
    • Jones threw a heater under his chin.
  • (gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.
    • Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.

    See also

    * heating

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