Blower vs. Supercharger

Blowernoun

A person who blows.

Blowernoun

Any device that blows.

Blowernoun

}} Telephone.

Blowernoun

A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.

Blowernoun

A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.

Blowernoun

(dated) A braggart, or loud talker.

Blowernoun

The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water.

Blowernoun

A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.

Blowernoun

One who, or that which, blows.

Blowernoun

A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc.

Blowernoun

A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.

Blowernoun

The whale; - so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water.

Blowernoun

A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.

Blowernoun

A braggart, or loud talker.

Blowernoun

a device that produces a current of air

Blowernoun

a fan run by an electric motor

Blowernoun

a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely

Blowernoun

large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals

Superchargernoun

An inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), normally powered from the crankshaft.

Superchargernoun

compressor that forces increased oxygen into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine

Supercharger

A supercharger is an air compressor that increases the pressure or density of air supplied to an internal combustion engine. This gives each intake cycle of the engine more oxygen, letting it burn more fuel and do more work, thus increasing the power output.