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Silencer vs Tampion - What's the difference?

silencer | tampion |

As nouns the difference between silencer and tampion

is that silencer is an attachment to a gun or an exhaust pipe that reduces the sound it emits while tampion is a wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover for the muzzle of a gun, a cannon or other piece of ordnance when not in use; a stopper; a bung.

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

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    tampion

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tampeon * tompion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover for the muzzle of a gun, a cannon or other piece of ordnance when not in use; a stopper; a bung.
  • (music) A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.

    • See also

    * silencer

    References

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