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Shaver vs Shaker - What's the difference?

shaver | shaker |

As nouns the difference between shaver and shaker

is that shaver is one who shaves while shaker is one of a christian protestant religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.

shaver

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who shaves.
  • A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
  • A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
  • (slang, obsolete) One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
  • (Jonathan Swift)
  • One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
  • * Knolles
  • By these shavers the Turks were stripped.
  • (colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
  • * Charles Dickens
  • As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver , I am on a chase in the name of the king.

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    shaker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
  • A variety of pigeon.
  • One who holds railroad spikes while they are hammered.
  • A musical percussion instrument filled with granular solids which produce a rhythmic sound when shaken.
  • Derived terms

    * cocktail shaker * salt shaker

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