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Stainer vs Strainer - What's the difference?

stainer | strainer |

As nouns the difference between stainer and strainer

is that stainer is something that stains while 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.

stainer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that stains.
  • One who stains or tarnishes.
  • A workman who applies a stain to wood, etc.

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    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)

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