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suppressor vs surge suppressor

surge suppressor vs suppressor

suppressor and surge suppressor both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
suppressor Yes No No No
surge suppressor Yes No No No
As nouns, surge suppressor is a hyponym of suppressor; that is, surge suppressor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than suppressor:
  • suppressor: 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 suppressor include lightning arrester, spike arrester, spike suppressor, surge protector.
suppressor (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 suppressor and surge suppressor

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