beater vs mixer

beater

noun
  • A kitchen implement for mixing. 

  • An old or dilapidated automobile in poor operating condition. 

  • A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength 

  • A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters. 

  • In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player who attempts to hit the opposing team's players with bludgers and to block the bludgers from hitting their own team's players. 

  • Someone or something that beats. 

  • A shoe suitable for everyday wear, during which they may get dirty or scuffed, as opposed to more valuable shoes that one wishes to keep in good condition. 

  • A stick used to play a percussion instrument. 

  • A weaving tool designed to push the weft yarn securely into place. It contains the comb-like insert reed and is sometimes a part of the loom. 

  • A harp seal pup after its first moult and before its second moult. 

  • A sleeveless undershirt. 

mixer

noun
  • A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below. 

  • A mixing console. 

  • Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners. 

  • A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it. 

  • A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head. 

  • Synonym of tumbler 

  • One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together. 

  • A chiropractor who uses other treatments in addition to spinal adjustment. 

  • One who mixes or socializes. 

  • A non-alcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails. 

  • A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year. 

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