Preserving vs Canner - What's the difference?
preserving | canner |
preservation
* 1924 , Wilbur Olin Hedrick, The Economics of a Food Supply (page 26)
Someone or something which cans.
A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
(US, slang) Someone who lives off refunds from recycling.
As nouns the difference between preserving and canner
is that preserving is preservation while canner is someone or something which cans.As a verb preserving
is .preserving
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Some preservings of foods, indeed, can scarcely be done to advantage except on a large scale.
canner
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Noun
(en noun)Quotations
One who lives off container deposits * 2007 , Jon Mooallem,The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration],(New York Times), May 27, 2007, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/magazine/27Bottle-t.html?pagewanted=7 p. 7: *: Yet many canners told me that they can easily earn a daily wage of 20 or 30 dollars; each then recycles upward of 600 containers every day. * 2009 , (Camilo Jose Vergara),
125th and Lex: The most complicated, disturbing, and lively intersection in New York City. A photo essay., , December 3, 2009: *: Among the crowds are ordinary working people shopping at the Pathmark, as well as down-and-out "canners " bringing their cans and bottles to the recycling station on East 124th Street. ----