Athlete vs Stayer - What's the difference?
athlete | stayer |
A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
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(US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, possibly highly skilled in sports. (Known in British English as a "sportsperson".)
An exceptionally physically fit person.
One who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.
One who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains.
(sports, informal) An athlete, horse, etc. with staying power.
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As nouns the difference between athlete and stayer
is that athlete is athlete while stayer is one who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.athlete
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- She's the first athlete in her sport to come out as gay.