Expander vs Extender - What's the difference?
expander | extender |
Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
Any substance added to meat to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.
(climbing) A runner, or quick-draw. (from sense #2)
(linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".
As nouns the difference between expander and extender
is that expander is one who expands; something that expands while extender is any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.extender
English
(wikipedia extender)Noun
(en noun)- Soy protein is used as a meat extender .