Crawler vs Pneumatic - What's the difference?
crawler | pneumatic |
(Australia, obsolete) A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.
(UK, Australia, slang) A sycophant.
A child who is able to creep using his hands and knees but is not able to walk.
(sports) A crawl swimmer.
A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as webpage links.
Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
Of or relating to pneumatics
Powered by, or filled with compressed air
(zoology) Having cavities filled with air
Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
(of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy (especially during sex)
(gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).
As nouns the difference between crawler and pneumatic
is that crawler is a person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant while pneumatic is in gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).As an adjective pneumatic is
of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases.crawler
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Etymology 1
From . From the Australian convict period (1788-1850); a prisoner who was purposely and extensively abused by an overseer (also a convict) and thereby driven to escape but finding it impossible to survive in the Australian bush, surrender to this overseer who would then have his penal term reduced. The particular crawler was picked for his weak personality and might escape and return a number of times increasing his own penal term each time. According to James Tucker, some convict overseers had their sentences extensively reduced using this odious practice. Source-James Tucker's 1845 novelRalph Rashleigh.
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(en noun)Etymology 2
From .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* church crawler * kerb crawler/kerb-crawler * dungeon crawler * pub crawlerpneumatic
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Alternative forms
* pneumatick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- a pneumatic instrument or engine
- pneumatic cells or bones
- "Every one says I'm awfully pneumatic," said Lenina reflectively, patting her own legs.'' - Aldous Huxley - ''Brave New World (chapter 6)