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Heater vs Cooler - What's the difference?

heater | cooler |

As nouns the difference between heater and cooler

is that heater is a device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building while cooler is (countable) anything which cools.

As an adjective cooler is

(cool).

heater

English

(wikipedia heater)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
    • Turn on the heater ; I'm cold.
  • (dated, slang) A gun.
    • The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.
  • (baseball, slang) A fastball.
    • Jones threw a heater under his chin.
  • (gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.
    • Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.

    See also

    * heating

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    * English agent nouns

    cooler

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) anything which cools
    • If acid things were used only as coolers , they would not be so proper in this case. — Arbuthnot.
  • (countable) an insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping
  • (US, countable, or, uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled
    • They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
  • (US, slang) a prison
    • "About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap." - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler
  • (poker, colloquial) A cold deck.
  • (countable) a bouncer or door man

    • Synonyms

    * car fridge * cool bag, cool box (UK) * chilly bin (New Zealand) * esky (Australia) * ice chest * bouncer

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (cool)
    • He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.

    Derived terms

    * cooler heads will prevail

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