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Strainer vs Skimmer - What's the difference?

strainer | skimmer |

As nouns the difference between strainer and skimmer

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 skimmer is a device that skims.

strainer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (device for straining liquids)

    Anagrams

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    skimmer

    English

    (wikipedia skimmer) (Rynchops)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device that skims.
  • A person who skims.
  • Any of three species of bird in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
  • Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clams and large scallops.
  • A ballet flat shoe.

    • Derived terms

    * black skimmer, Rynchops niger * African skimmer, Rynchops flavirostris * Indian skimmer, Rynchops albicollis