Humidifier vs. Vaporizer — What's the Difference?

A humidifier is a device, primarily an electrical appliance, that increases humidity (moisture) in a single room or an entire building. In the home, point-of-use humidifiers are commonly used to humidify a single room, while whole-house or furnace humidifiers, which connect to a home's HVAC system, provide humidity to the entire house.

A device used to produce vapor from a substance.

A device for increasing the humidity in a room, greenhouse, or other enclosure.

A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.

A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air.

(medicine) A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.

A device that increases the moisture content of the air; - used to avoid excessive dryness in buildings, which can cause irritation to the throat. Compare dehumidifier.

One who, or that which, vaporizes, or converts into vapor.