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Geyser vs Guiser - What's the difference?

geyser | guiser |

As nouns the difference between geyser and guiser

is that geyser is a boiling natural spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam while guiser is a person in disguise.

geyser

English

Noun

describes geysers in the History subsection of the article:
(en noun)
  • (planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.
  • (British, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
  • * 1902 . William Paton Buchan, Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber :
    • Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated.
  • * 1998 , Gordon S Riess, Confessions of a Corporate Centurion: Tales of International Adventures
    • Water was heated either on the gas stove, or on a wall mounted gas-fired "geyser " heater.
  • * 2002 , Alaine Polcz, One woman in the war: Hungary, 1944-1945 :
    • It was here I saw a geyser gas water heater in a bathroom for the first time. (I was afraid of it).
  • (South Africa) A domestic water boiler.

    • Derived terms

    * geyserite

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    guiser

    English

    Alternative forms

    * guizer * guyser

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person in disguise.

    • Synonyms

    * mummer