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Hogger vs Fogger - What's the difference?

hogger | fogger |

As nouns the difference between hogger and fogger

is that hogger is agent noun of hog; one who, or that which, hogs while fogger is the outlet at the end of a hose which is designed to atomize, spray, or mist the contents flowing through the hose typical use includes gaseous materials such as nitrous oxide in automotive applications, as well as fuels for turbine engines.

hogger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Agent noun of hog; one who, or that which, hogs.
  • * 1994 , James J Wilhelm, Ezra Pound: The Tragic Years, 1925-1972
  • Against these heroes are the puritans, the hoggers of profit, the shysters, the obfuscators, the do-nothings.
  • A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
  • (slang) A marijuana cigarette
  • (curling) A shot that comes to rest short of or on the far hog line and is removed from play
  • English agent nouns

    fogger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The outlet at the end of a hose which is designed to atomize, spray, or mist the contents flowing through the hose. Typical use includes gaseous materials such as nitrous oxide in automotive applications, as well as fuels for turbine engines.
  • (lb) One who fogs; a pettifogger.
  • *1614 , Terence in English
  • *:A beggarly fogger .
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  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
  • References

    * foggers] at [[w:Nitrous Express, Nitrous Express] * foggers] from [[w:Nitrous Oxide Systems, Nitrous Oxide Systems] ("NOS")

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