What's the difference between fascet and faucet?

Fascet


Definition:

  • (n.) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also pontee and punty.

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Faucet


Definition:

  • (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
  • (n.) The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Standing Rock protests: this is only the beginning Read more “When the Dakota Access Pipeline breaks (and we know that too many pipelines do), millions of people will have crude-oil-contaminated water … don’t let the automatic sink faucets in your homes fool you – that water comes from somewhere, and the second its source is contaminated, so is your bathtub, and your sink, and your drinking liquid.
  • (2) When wide spread of infection caused by Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was recognized in 1981 our strategies were set up of water faucets with footpedal, frequent to wash of hands and use of disposable paper towels.
  • (3) The specific resistivity of water was at the level of 17 to 18 megohms-cm at the recirculation loop and greater than 10 megohms-cm at the individual faucets.
  • (4) Customers are losing about a quarter of water to leaks between the reservoir and the faucet – double that of the industry standard.
  • (5) Water is decanted by opening a faucet connected to the inferior part of the recipient.
  • (6) To assess risk factors associated with the contamination of the domestic environment by legionellae, 211 houses in the Quebec City area were randomly selected and water samples were collected from the hot water tank, the shower heads, and the most frequently used faucet.
  • (7) Problem solved, no further solving of the hot water faucet problem is required.
  • (8) The same monoclonal type was also isolated from make-up water for the two cooling towers, a hot water tank, water separators in four main air compressor systems for respiratory therapy, and cold and hot water faucets.
  • (9) Although present at low levels in free-flowing domestic water supplies (less than 1 per ml), they can be easily isolated by swabbing sink faucets, drinking fountain heads, surgical scrub sink heads and aerators, dental chair spray units, and from the air water interface in humidifiers, nebulizers, water baths, and reservoirs where the water may remain static for weeks.
  • (10) The apparatus connected the following types of point-of-use water conditioning systems: a faucet water filter, a cellulose fiber filter, an activated carbon filter, a reverse osmosis system, and a distillation unit.
  • (11) In 1992, when Bill Clinton ran for president and his extramarital affairs began dripping out like a leaky faucet, Hillary and Bill did a joint interview with 60 Minutes .
  • (12) There’s a reason the water faucet hasn’t changed radically over the years.
  • (13) Hot water tanks, faucets, and showerheads were sampled.
  • (14) The laundry is a small room with three faucets pouring weak streams of cold water.
  • (15) Microbiologic studies of the potential environmental sources revealed growth of X. maltophilia in two water faucets and in one water sample from the medical intensive care unit.
  • (16) Hot water samples were obtained from the water heater, the shower heads, and the most frequently used faucet of 211 private houses.
  • (17) But it became clear that wells weren't enough -- so Damon and co-founder Gary White decided to launch a campaign to give loans to get a faucet into people's homes.
  • (18) Opening up the faucet and letting people hear it, stream it and all that stuff is definitely very healthy."
  • (19) An analysis of furniture and equipment, water faucets and drains showed that Pseudomonas strains found in the water did not coincide with those found in wounds.
  • (20) In this context, ultrasonic inhalators, irrigators, dialysis equipment and faucet aerators are discussed.

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