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Lab vs Retriever - What's the difference?

lab | retriever |

As nouns the difference between lab and retriever

is that lab is (astronomy|galaxy) lyman-alpha blob while retriever is a type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.

lab

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial) A laboratory
  • (colloquial) A Labrador retriever
    • Derived terms
    * lab rat

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.
    • (Chaucer)

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    retriever

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.

    • Derived terms

    * golden retriever * labrador retriever