Strainer vs Drainer - What's the difference?
strainer | drainer |
A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid; any device functioning as a sieve or filter - in special, a perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
One who strains.
That which drains.
* 2003 , Gail Waesche Kislevitz, The Spirit of the Marathon (page 78)
A frame or rack for allowing washed crockery etc to dry naturally.
A person who explores drains, tunnels, and/or sewers.
As nouns the difference between strainer and drainer
is that strainer is a device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid; any device functioning as a sieve or filter - in special, a perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline while drainer is that which drains.strainer
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(en noun)Synonyms
* (device for straining liquids)Anagrams
* * * * * *drainer
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(en noun)- I know that poor form is one of the biggest drainers of energy, so even though I slowed down significantly I made a very conscious effort to maintain good form.
