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Squelch vs Squelcher - What's the difference?

squelch | squelcher |

As nouns the difference between squelch and squelcher

is that squelch is a squelching sound while squelcher is one who, or that which, squelches.

As a verb squelch

is (us) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.

squelch

English

Verb

(es)
  • (US) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force
    • Even the king’s announcement could not squelch the rumors.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • Oh 'twas your luck and mine to be squelched .
  • * Carlyle
    • If you deceive us you will be squelched .
  • (radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of your receiver.
  • (British) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground
    • The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.
  • *
  • (British) to walk or step through a substance such as mud
    • The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.

    Synonyms

    * (to halt) quash

    Noun

    (squelches)
  • A squelching sound.

    • Derived terms

    * squelchy

    squelcher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, squelches.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 25, author=Catherine Saint Louis, title=Treating Cellulite? It’s Still There, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=CELLULITE —? the dimpled, uneven skin that mars the backsides and thighs of women everywhere —? is a scourge to bikini-wearers and a squelcher of lights-on romps in bed. }}