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Equalizes vs Equalizer - What's the difference?

equalizes | equalizer |

As a verb equalizes

is third-person singular of equalize.

As a noun equalizer is

one who makes equal; a balancer.

equalizes

English

Verb

(head)
  • (equalize)

    • equalize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * equalise (non-Oxford British spelling) * (obsolete)

    Verb

    (equaliz)
  • To make equal; to cause to correspond in amount or degree.
    • to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes
  • * Wordsworth
    • One poor moment can suffice / To equalize the lofty and the low.
  • * Whately
    • No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers.
  • (obsolete) To be equal to; to equal, to rival.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.9:
    • But a third kingdom yet is to arise / Out of the Trojans scattered ofspring, / That in all glory and great enterprise, / Both first and second Troy shall dare to equalise .
  • * Milton
    • polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those of his three kingdoms
  • (sports) To make the scoreline equal by scoring points.
  • (underwater diving) To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.

    • Derived terms

    * equalizer, equaliser * equalization, equalisation

    equalizer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * equaliser

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who makes equal; a balancer.
  • (label) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=[Bendtner was central to it at all, firstly firing home, via a deflection off Gareth McAuley, after being teed up by Sebastien Larsson's neat backheel, and then a minute later crossing for Elmohamady to head in an equaliser .}}
  • *{{quote-news
    • , newspaper=Illawarra Mercury , author=Mike Driscoll , date=2011-05-16 , page=36 , title=Pirates plunder top spot with late attack , passage=Mariners scored a run in the seventh inning and the equaliser in the top of the ninth, after Braves’ starting pitcher Ashley Crump had dominated—throwing six scoreless innings for just two hits. citation
  • A electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.

    • Synonyms

    * (sports) game-tying goal