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Grater vs Shredder - What's the difference?

grater | shredder |

As a verb grater

is .

As a noun shredder is

a machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder or garbage shredder.

grater

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tool with which one grates, especially cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump.
    • I'm making coleslaw; do you know where the grater is?

    See also

    * surform

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    shredder

    English

    (wikipedia shredder)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder or garbage shredder.
  • (computing) A program that overwrites deleted data to prevent recovery.
  • (slang) Someone who snowboards, snowboarder.