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The legal term in the NFA 1934 is silencer or muffler. Hiram Maxim used this term as marketing.
The silencer or suppressor or muffler or moderator, whatever you want to call it, reduces or suppresses the muzzle blast and report. The term suppressor, which is a more correct illustration of what a silencer does, has been in use since the 1970's.
Some use silencer, some use suppressor, some use both at any given moment. Slang for a suppressor/silencer is can.
I use the term suppressor, as I think it's more accurate and doesn't convey the Hollywood evilness the word silencer does. My website lists them as suppressors, but on the ATF forms I list according to the law term, which is silencer.
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