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What is the difference between taser and laser?

taser | laser |

As nouns the difference between taser and laser

is that taser is a Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock; a stun gun while laser is a device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

As verbs the difference between taser and laser

is that taser is to shock an individual or animal with a handheld device with the electric shock that it delivers; to stun with a stun gun while laser is to cut with a laser.

As an adjective Taser

is (Trademark) Used for a conductive electrical weapon stun gun made by Taser International.

taser

English

Noun

(Taser) (en noun)
  • A Taser, a handheld device made by (Taser International) intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock; a stun gun.
  • by generalization, any eletroshock stun gun

    • Derived terms

    * taser (verb) * tase

    See also

    * stun gun * cattle prod (an electric shock device used to herd cattle) * electric fence (a fixed installation electric shock barrier used to control livestock) * mace * pepper spray

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shock an individual or animal with a handheld device with the electric shock that it delivers; to stun with a stun gun
  • (figuratively) To strike verbally or gesturally with ill intents.
    • As I spoke too loudly during the solemn church service, my husband shot me a glance that emotionally tasered me to the point of silence until we returned home 2 hours later.

    Synonyms

    * tase

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from fiction English genericized trademarks

    laser

    English

    Etymology 1

    From LASER, Originally called an optical maser .

    Noun

    (wikipedia laser) (en noun)
  • A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
  • A laser printer.
  • * 2004 , PC Mag (volume 23, number 9, 18 May 2004, page 117)
    • The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.
    Synonyms
    * LASER ( acronym of light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation ) * optical maser , optical MASER
    Related terms
    * antilaser * lase * Laserdisc, laser disc, laser disk * laserless * laserlike * laser printer * maser * nonlaser * quantum cascade laser
    See also
    * Taser

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut with a
  • (sports) To throw with laser-like precision
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 2, author=Dave Perkins, title=Steelers tiptoe past Cards, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. }}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * lasar

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
  • Such a plant.
    • Related terms
    * laserpicium * Laserpithium
    See also
    * silphium, silfium, silphion

    Anagrams

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