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Allower vs Wallower - What's the difference?

allower | wallower |

As nouns the difference between allower and wallower

is that allower is one who allows or permits while wallower is agent noun of wallow; one who wallows.

allower

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who allows or permits.
    • (Webster 1913)

    wallower

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of wallow; one who wallows.
  • (dated, engineering) A lantern wheel; a trundle.
  • * 1847 , Edward Cresy, An Encyclopaedia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical
    • At each end of the water-wheel is a vertical shaft with wallowers
    English agent nouns