Talk:Baza/@comment-83.23.131.97-20171124005306/@comment-17703786-20171127021552

On the issue of "Suppressors" vs "Silencers", it should be noted that "Suppressors" actually was coined much later, around 1985 in US Patents. "Silencers" was the term used for a long time by the inventors of the technology to refer to it (i.e. the "Maxim Silencer") around the turn of the 20th Century.

As far as usage is concerned, both are interchangeable. "Suppressor" is the more accurate term since the technology does 'suppress' noise rather than silence it, otherwise people are free to use either "Silencer" or "Suppressor" to refer to the same thing.