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Glazer vs Glaze - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between glazer and glaze

is that glazer is one who applies glazing, as in pottery, etc; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, etc while glaze is (ceramics) the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing see (transitive verb).

As a verb glaze is

to install windows.

glazer

English

:Not to be confused with glazier.

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who applies glazing, as in pottery, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, etc.
  • (slang) Slang reference to a person who is prone to endless monologuing; derived from the common practice of talking at you until your eyes "glaze" over.

    • glaze

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested in 1784 in reference to ice. From the verb.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See (transitive verb).
  • A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
  • An edible coating applied to food.
  • (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice
  • Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
  • A glazing oven. See Glost oven.

    • Etymology 2

    From Middle English glasen'' ("to fit with glass"). Either a continuation of an unattested Old English weak verb ''*glæsan'', or coined in Middle English as a compound of ''glas'' and ''-en (standard infinitive suffix). Probably influenced in Modern English by glazen.

    Verb

    (glaz)
  • To install windows.
  • (transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
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  • To become glazed or glassy.
  • For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.

    • References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]

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