Cyclists vs Cycler - What's the difference?
cyclists | cycler |
Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that s between different states.
(astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
(by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
(psychology, euphemistic) a person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
(medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood
(biochemistry) a thermal cycler; a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
(computing) a task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.
(dated) cyclist
As nouns the difference between cyclists and cycler
is that cyclists is while cycler is anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour something that s between different states or cycler can be (dated) cyclist.cycler
English
Etymology 1
From ;Noun
(en noun)- The battery cycler allows us to switch between batteries as each one runs out.
- The Earth-Mars cycler s could potentially be used for transporting people between the two planets.
- If we had more than one cycler then the length of time between the outbound and inbound journeys could be reduced to a few months.
- My son's a fast cycler which is much harder for people to understand.
- The only issue I have had with my cycler was when the cat started chewing on the connecting line.
- We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals
- When the last cycler has run for 200ms we pass control back to the first one and begin again.
Etymology 2
From ; someone that uses a cycle (or bicycle)Noun
(en noun)- There is nothing more annoying than a rogue cycler ignoring the other road users.