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Tankless vs Heater - What's the difference?

tankless | heater |

As an adjective tankless

is without a tank (used especially of water heaters).

As a noun heater is

a device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

tankless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Without a tank (used especially of water heaters).

    • heater

    English

    (wikipedia heater)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
    • Turn on the heater ; I'm cold.
  • (dated, slang) A gun.
    • The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.
  • (baseball, slang) A fastball.
    • Jones threw a heater under his chin.
  • (gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.
    • Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.

    See also

    * heating

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns