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Vaporizer vs Evaporator - What's the difference?

vaporizer | evaporator |

As nouns the difference between vaporizer and evaporator

is that vaporizer is a device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid while evaporator is a piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution.

vaporizer

English

(wikipedia vaporizer)

Alternative forms

* vaporiser (UK) * vapouriser (UK) * vapourizer

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
    • Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke.
  • (medicine) A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.

    • Coordinate terms

    * vape, nebulizer

    evaporator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution
  • The part of a refrigerator that absorbs heat by evaporating a refrigerant

    • Derived terms

    * rotary evaporator