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Bouncer vs Bounder - What's the difference?

bouncer | bounder |

As nouns the difference between bouncer and bounder

is that bouncer is a member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble while bounder is something that bounds or jumps.

bouncer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
  • (cricket) A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.
  • (Internet) An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.
  • (dated) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.
  • (slang, archaic) A boaster; a bully.
    • (Johnson)
  • (slang, archaic) A bold lie.
  • (slang, archaic) A liar.
    • (Marryat)
  • Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
  • * De Quincey
    • The stone must be a bouncer .
  • A bouncy castle.
  • A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.

    • Synonyms

    * (security personnel) doorman * bumper * (IRC account) BNC

    bounder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that bounds or jumps.
  • (UK, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad.
  • A social climber.
  • That which limits; a boundary.
  • (UK, obsolete, colloquial) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet

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