different between scrambled vs scrambler

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

scrambled (comparative more scrambled, superlative most scrambled)

1. Mixed, disordered, shuffled.

   a scrambled TV signal, requiring decryption

2. (of eggs) Beaten and cooked.

   He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled.

Derived terms

• scrambled eggs

Translations

Verb

scrambled

1. simple past tense and past participle of scramble

English

Etymology

scramble +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmbl?(r)

Noun

scrambler (plural scramblers)

1. Someone or something that scrambles (in various senses).
   • 1984, Elizabeth Stone O'Neill, Meadow in the Sky: A History of Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows Region (page 31)

     May it comfort us latter-day scramblers up that fine old mountain to know that Le Conte found it "difficult and fatiguing in the extreme."

   • 2002, Lou Harry, Sam Stall, As Seen on TV

     Want an egg sunny-side up? Just crack one into a container, nuke it for 30 seconds, extract it with the handy-dandy Egg Remover, and enjoy a soft yolk breakfast. If you want it scrambled, insert the gridded Egg Scrambler […]

2. A vine that does not attach itself to its supports.
3. A device that makes messages intentionally, but reversibly, unintelligible for reasons of privacy or security.

   In the movies spies are always talking over cell phones with built-in scramblers.

4. A motorcycle used for motocross.

Antonyms

• (a device which scrambles messages/information): descrambler, unscrambler

Derived terms