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Printer vs Painter - What's the difference?

printer | painter |

As a noun printer

is one who makes prints.

As a proper noun painter is

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printer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who makes prints.
  • The operator of a printing press or owner of a printing business.
  • (computing) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper. Also see plotter.

    • Hyponyms

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    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • (machine used to print)

    • Synonyms

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    painter

    English

    (wikipedia painter)

    Etymology 1

    From (paint), influenced by (etyl) paintre.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An artist who paints pictures.
  • A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
  • (label) A mountain lion, by mispronunciation of "panther".
    • Derived terms
    {{der3, painter's colic , painter-stainer}}

    Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.
  • (label) A rope connected to the bow of a boat, used to attach it to e.g. a jetty or another boat.
  • * 1908 , (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows) :
    • "Shove that (fat, wicker luncheon-basket) under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
    • , title= The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter , and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}

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