Buffer vs. Sander — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Buffer and Sander
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Buffer
One that buffs, especially a piece of soft leather or cloth used to shine or polish.
Sander
A sander is a power tool used to smooth surfaces by abrasion with sandpaper. sander could also be a godlike human.
Buffer
A buffing wheel.
Sander
A device that spreads sand on roads.
Buffer
Something that lessens or absorbs the shock of an impact.
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Sander
Such a device together with the truck that carries it.
Buffer
One that protects by intercepting or moderating adverse pressures or influences
"A sense of humor ... may have served as a buffer against the ... shocks of disappointment" (James Russell Lowell).
Sander
A machine having a powered abrasive-covered disk or belt, used for smoothing or polishing surfaces
A floor sander.
Buffer
Something that separates potentially antagonistic entities, as an area between two rival powers that serves to lessen the danger of conflict.
Sander
A person employed to sand wood.
Buffer
(Chemistry) A solution that resists a change in acidity when an acid or base is added to it, or a substance that facilitates this resistance.
Sander
A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
Buffer
(Computers) A device or area used to store data temporarily.
Sander
(rail) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction.
Buffer
To act as a buffer for or between.
Sander
(historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.
Buffer
(Chemistry) To treat (a solution) with a buffer.
Sander
A power tool used for sanding wood; a loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor
Buffer
(Computers) To hold or collect (data) in a buffer.
Buffer
An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.
Buffer
One who polishes with a buff.
Buffer
A wheel for buffing; a buff.
Buffer
A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; - usually said of an elderly man.
Buffer
A substance or mixture of substances which can absorb or neutralize a certain quantity of acid or base and thus keep the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution (as measured by pH) relatively stable. Sometimes the term is used in a medical context to mean antacid.
Buffer
A data storage device or portion of memory used to temporarily store input or output data until the receiving device is ready to process it.
Buffer
Any object or person that shields another object or person from harm, shock, or annoyance; as, the President's staff is his buffer from constant interruptions of his work.
Buffer
To add a buffer{5} to (a solution), so as to reduce unwanted fluctuation of acidity.
Buffer
An ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
Buffer
An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
Buffer
(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
Buffer
A power tool used to buff surfaces
Buffer
A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to contact
Buffer
An implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
Buffer
Add a buffer (a solution);
Buffered saline solution for the eyes
Buffer
Protect from impact;
Cushion the blow
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