Roaster vs Hen - What's the difference?
roaster | hen |
One who roasts food.
(cookware) A kitchen utensil used for roasting.
A chicken, pig, etc. suitable for roasting.
One who roasts or banters, especially as a comedy routine.
(planetology, informal) A hot Jupiter.
An objectionable person; somebody making a fool of themselves.
(dialectal) To throw.
A female bird.
(specifically ) A female chicken, especially one kept for its eggs.
* , title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 (slang) A woman.
(informal) The woman whose impending marriage is being celebrated at a hen night.
As nouns the difference between roaster and hen
is that roaster is one who roasts food while hen is a female bird.As an adverb hen is
hence.As a verb hen is
to throw.roaster
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(en noun)Anagrams
*hen
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) henne, heonne, hinne, from earlier henene, heonenen, henen, from (etyl) heonan, hionan, heonane, . See also (l).Etymology 2
From , or a variant of hench.Verb
(henn)Etymology 3
From (etyl), from (etyl) henn, .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen , the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}