Silencer vs. Suppressor

Silencernoun

Something that silences

Silencernoun

An attachment to a gun or an exhaust pipe that reduces the sound it emits

Silencernoun

The muffler of an internal combustion engine.

Silencernoun

Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires

Silencernoun

(genetics) Something that prevents gene expression

Silencernoun

One that silences;

Silencernoun

short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing

Silencernoun

a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise

Suppressornoun

A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.

Suppressornoun

Part of the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.

Suppressornoun

A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.

Suppressornoun

(genetics) A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.

Suppressornoun

One who suppresses.

Suppressornoun

someone who suppresses;

Suppressornoun

a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)

Suppressornoun

an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents