Breaker vs Switcher - What's the difference?
breaker | switcher |
Something that breaks.
A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines
The building in which such a machine is placed.
A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
A person who specializes in breaking things.
(chiefly, in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
* 1919 ,
(colloquial) A breakdancer.
A user of CB radio.
One who or that which switches.
* 1984 , John Martin Robinson, The latest country houses (page 32)
A switchmode power supply.
(rail transport, US) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter.
As nouns the difference between breaker and switcher
is that breaker is something that breaks while switcher is one who or that which switches.breaker
English
(wikipedia breaker)Noun
(en noun)- Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.
- Now and then in the lagoon you hear the leaping of a fish [...]. And above all, ceaseless like time, is the dull roar of the breakers on the reef.
Synonyms
* (something that breaks) destroyer, wrecker * (machine for breaking rocks or coal) * (small cask of water in case of shipwreck) * (building containing such a machine) * (wave) * (breakdancer) B-boy (male), B-girl (female), breakdancerswitcher
English
Noun
(wikipedia switcher) (en noun)- They all love frugality and conservation; they are manic savers of bits of string and switchers -off of lights.