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suppresser vs surge suppressor

surge suppressor vs suppresser

suppresser and surge suppressor both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
suppresser Yes No No No
surge suppressor Yes No No No
As nouns, surge suppressor is a hyponym of suppresser; that is, surge suppressor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than suppresser:
  • suppresser: an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
  • surge suppressor: electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current
Other hyponyms of suppresser include lightning arrester, spike arrester, spike suppressor, surge protector.
suppresser (noun) surge suppressor (noun)
an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current
a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
someone who suppresses
Difference between suppresser and surge suppressor

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