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Ejector vs Erector - What's the difference?

ejector | erector |

As nouns the difference between ejector and erector

is that ejector is one who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses while erector is a person who, or a device which erects.

ejector

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
  • (mechanics) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. {Ejector condenser} (Steam]] [[engine, Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.
  • ejector seat: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.
  • That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.
  • A lever for removing circuit boards from an electronic chassis.
  • erector

    English

    Alternative forms

    * erectour (qualifier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who, or a device which erects.
  • (anatomy) Any of several muscles that make parts of the body erect.
  • An attachment to a microscope, telescope, etc. for making the image erect instead of inverted.
  • (astronautics) A vehicle used to support a rocket for transportation and for placing the rocket in an upright position within a gantry scaffold.
  • Derived terms

    *erector spinae