Grinder vs Masher - What's the difference?
grinder | masher |
One who grinds something, such as the teeth.
* 2010 , A. J. Larner, A Dictionary of Neurological Signs (page 68)
(anatomical) A molar.
A power tool with a spinning abrasive disc, used for , smoothing, and shaping materials, usually metal.
A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
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A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces
The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta ) of Australia, which makes a noise like a scissors grinder.
PPA243,M1 p. 243] ([http://www.archive.org/stream/songsofthesea00lelarich/songsofthesea00lelarich_djvu.txt full text)
: It was introduced by the well-known gypsy family of actors, C., among whom Romany was habitually spoken. The word “masher” or “mash” means in that tongue to allure, delude, or entice. It was doubtless much aided in its popularity by its quasi-identity with the English word. But there can be no doubt as to the gypsy origin of “mash” as used on the stage. I am indebted for this information to the late well-known impresario [Albert Marshall] Palmer of New York, and I made a note of it years before the term had become at all popular.
a man who makes often unwelcome advances to women
*around 1900 , O. Henry,
*:"Oh, gee!" remarked the Girl from Sieber-Mason's, glancing up with the most capable coolness. "Ain't there any way to ever get rid of you mashers ? I've tried everything from eating onions to using hatpins. Be on your way, Freddie."
a fashionable man, a dandy, a fop
(rare) A man who molests women, as in a subway.
As nouns the difference between grinder and masher
is that grinder is one who grinds something, such as the teeth while masher is one who, or that which, mashes.grinder
English
Noun
(en noun)- Masseter hypertrophy may become apparent in persistent grinders .
- I am going to the deli to get a grinder for lunch.
Usage notes
The usage of grinder and related terms for sandwiches varies widely. In the Philadelphia area, for example, a "grinder" is distinguished from a "hoagie" in that the grinder is toasted or baked, and usually lacks lettuce.Synonyms
* (sandwich) submarine sandwich, sub, hoagie, torpedo, spuckie, hero, hero sandwichDerived terms
* coffee grinder * bench grinder * angle grinder * die grinderAnagrams
* English agent nounsmasher
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Etymology 1
Etymology 2
EitherMash Note] at World Wide Words[http://books.google.com/books?id=j41z0yeKbeIC&pg=PA195&dq=masher The City in Slang], by Irving L. Allen, [http://books.google.com/books?id=j41z0yeKbeIC&pg=PA195&dq=masher p. 195] by analogy withThe Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology, as cited at [http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2007/03/mash-notes.html The Grammarphobia Blog: Mash notes], March 16, 2007 . Originally used in theater,Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang and recorded in US in 1870s. Either originally borrowed as masher, from (masha), or from . Leland writes of the etymology:Preface to poem “The Masher”, in his
Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land],[http://books.google.com/books?id=B2GmNo96450C&printsec=frontcover
