boiler vs steam generator

boiler

noun
  • A steam boiler. 

  • An old woman. 

  • A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat. 

  • A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily. 

  • A person who boils something. 

  • An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid. 

  • Boilerplate. 

  • A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling. 

  • A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food. 

steam generator

noun
  • a type of boiler fitted in a diesel locomotive or another rail vehicle, which provided steam heating in steam-heated passenger trains that had previously been hauled by steam locomotives. 

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