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Wafer vs Waker - What's the difference?

wafer | waker |

As nouns the difference between wafer and waker

is that wafer is wafer while waker is one who wakes somebody or something.

As an adjective waker is

watchful; vigilant; alert.

wafer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A light, thin, flat biscuit.
  • (religion) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
  • A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
  • * 1749 , (Henry Fielding), Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 202:
    • The house supplied him with a wafer for his present purpose, with which, having sealed his letter, he returned hastily towards the brook side, in order to search for the things which he had there lost.
  • (electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.

    • Derived terms

    * waferless * waferlike * wafery

    Synonyms

    * (religion) host

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seal or close with a wafer.
    • ----

    waker

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) wakyr, from (etyl) wacor, .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Watchful; vigilant; alert.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who wakes somebody or something.
    • Derived terms
    * waker-upper

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