What's the difference between rifter and sifter?

Rifter


Definition:

  • (n.) A rafter.

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Sifter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, sifts.
  • (n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Using Spiekma's technic, this dust was obtained through successive sifts gathered in a case under the inferior sifter.
  • (2) The study attempted to assess each subject's preferences for the six tasks: collating, stuffing, sorting, pulley assembly, flour-sifter assembly, and circuit-board stuffing.
  • (3) Alison Chapman had come from Hythe with her sons extremely well-prepared – shovels, rake and plastic sifters, but then she did know about gold, being a dealer on ITV's show Dickinson's Real Deal.

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