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Hanger vs Changer - What's the difference?

hanger | changer |

As a verb hanger

is to eat.

As a noun changer is

someone or something who changes things.

hanger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
  • That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:
  • # A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
  • # (machines) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs.
  • # A bridle iron
  • # A clothes hanger
  • That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
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  • (UK) A steep, wooded declivity.
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  • Usage notes

    Not to be confused with hangar (a garage-like building for airplanes).

    Anagrams

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    changer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something who changes things.
  • Usage notes

    * Usually used together with another noun, eg, automatic tool changer'', ''shape changer'', ''mind changer ----