Sifter vs Swifter - What's the difference?
sifter | swifter |
A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
(rare) One who sifts.
Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.
(swift)
(nautical) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while it is being turned.
(nautical) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.
(nautical) The forward shroud of a lower mast.
(nautical) To tighten (e.g. slack standing rigging) by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.
As nouns the difference between sifter and swifter
is that sifter is a tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients while swifter is (nautical) a rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while it is being turned.As an adjective swifter is
(swift).As a verb swifter is
(nautical|transitive) to tighten (eg slack standing rigging) by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.sifter
English
Noun
(en noun)- He was employed as a sifter .
