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Heater vs Heather - What's the difference?

heater | heather |

As nouns the difference between heater and heather

is that heater is a device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building while heather is an evergreen plant, species: Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.

As an adjective heather is

of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.

As a proper noun Heather is

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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

    heather

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) An evergreen plant, , with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
  • (botany) The Ericaceae family.
  • (botany) Various species of the genus Erica .
  • (botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope .
  • A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
  • Synonyms

    * (Calluna vulgaris) ling

    Derived terms

    * bell heather * heather grass * heather mixture

    See also

    (other terms of interest) * briar * ericaceous * hypericum * marsh andromeda * whortleberry * * (wikipedia "heather") * (Ericaceae) * (commonslite)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.
  • Anagrams

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