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What is the difference between silencer and muffler?

silencer | muffler | Synonyms |

Muffler is a synonym of silencer.



As nouns the difference between silencer and muffler

is that silencer is an attachment to a gun or an exhaust pipe that reduces the sound it emits while muffler is part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.

silencer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An attachment to a gun or an exhaust pipe that reduces the sound it emits.
  • Something that silences another thing.

    • Synonyms

    * (attachment) suppressor * (in exhaust system) muffler

    Anagrams

    * * English agent nouns

    muffler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) Part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
  • A type of scarf.
  • * 1913 ,
    • The newcomer took off his cap and his big woollen muffler . His nose was pointed and red.

    Synonyms

    * silencer