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Lifepreserver vs Lifebuoy - What's the difference?

lifepreserver | lifebuoy |

As nouns the difference between lifepreserver and lifebuoy

is that lifepreserver is alternative form of life preserver|nodot=yes (personal flotation device while lifebuoy is an alternative spelling of life-buoy.

lifepreserver

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nonstandard) (personal flotation device)
    • King Christ,this world is all aleak; / and lifepreserver s there are none: / and waves which only He may walk / Who dares to call himself a man. - Jehova buried, Satan dead, E E Cummings - W [Viva], XXIX

    lifebuoy

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)