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Snorkel vs Breather - What's the difference?

snorkel | breather |

As nouns the difference between snorkel and breather

is that snorkel is a hollow tube, held in the mouth, used by swimmers for breathing underwater while breather is something or someone that breathes.

As a verb snorkel

is to use a snorkel.

snorkel

English

(wikipedia snorkel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hollow tube, held in the mouth, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.
  • A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth.

    • Verb

  • To use a snorkel.

    • Derived terms

    * snorkeler/snorkeller

    breather

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something or someone that breathes.
  • A short break; a rest or respite.
    • After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.
  • (physics) A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
  • (colloquial, dated) That which puts one out of breath, such as violent exercise.