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Canner vs Canter - What's the difference?

canner | canter |

As a proper noun canner

is .

As a noun canter is

a gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground also describing this gait on other four legged animals or canter can be one who cants or whines; a beggar.

As a verb canter is

to move at such pace.

canner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something which cans.
  • A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
  • (US, slang) Someone who lives off refunds from recycling.

    • Quotations

    One who lives off container deposits * 2007 , Jon Mooallem, The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration], (New York Times), May 27, 2007, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/magazine/27Bottle-t.html?pagewanted=7 p. 7: *: Yet many canners told me that they can easily earn a daily wage of 20 or 30 dollars; each then recycles upward of 600 containers every day. * 2009 , (Camilo Jose Vergara), 125th and Lex: The most complicated, disturbing, and lively intersection in New York City. A photo essay. , , December 3, 2009: *: Among the crowds are ordinary working people shopping at the Pathmark, as well as down-and-out "canners " bringing their cans and bottles to the recycling station on East 124th Street. ----

    canter

    English

    (wikipedia canter)

    Etymology 1

    Short for Canterbury pace , from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
  • A ride on a horse at such speed.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move at such pace.
  • To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
    • Derived terms
    * in a canter, at a canter

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who cants or whines; a beggar.
  • One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
  • * Macaulay
    • The day when he was a canter and a rebel.

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Jèrriais==

    Verb

    (roa-jer-verb)
  • to list
  • to lean
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