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Boxer vs Borer - What's the difference?

boxer | borer |

As nouns the difference between boxer and borer

is that boxer is boxer (a breed of dog) while borer is a person who is boring.

boxer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.
    • You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.''
  • A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
  • A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
  • The person running a game of two-up.
  • One who packs boxes.

    • Synonyms

    * (participant in a boxing match) pugilist * (type of engine) boxer engine

    Derived terms

    * boxer shorts, boxers * kick-boxer, kickboxer

    Related terms

    * box * boxing

    See also

    * wrestler * (Boxer) * ----

    borer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is boring
  • A person who bores, who drills.
  • A tool used for drilling.
  • An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
  • One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
  • The hagfish (Myxine ).
    • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * apple borer * borer bomb * cork-borer * corn borer * instep borer * jig borer * rock-borer * moth-borer * raise borer * squash vine borer * stone-borer * sugar cane borer * sugar-maple borer * twig borer * vine borer * well-borer * wood-borer, woodborer

    Verb

    (head)
    • ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • drill bit
  • drill

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , borer, boreri , borera, borera , boreru, borerima , borer, borere , boreru, boreri , boreru, borerima , borerom, borerima }}

    Synonyms

    * (drill bit) (l) * (drill)

    References

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