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Docker vs Locker - What's the difference?

docker | locker |

As nouns the difference between docker and locker

is that docker is one who performs docking, as of tails while locker is a type of storage compartment with a lock usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books.

docker

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who performs docking, as of tails.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dockworker.
    • Hyponyms
    * longshoreman, stevedore

    Anagrams

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    locker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of storage compartment with a lock usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books.
    • The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
  • (rare) One who locks something.
    • The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.

    Synonyms

    * (storage compartment ): footlocker

    Derived terms

    * locker room

    See also

    * chest * trunk

    Anagrams

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