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Doer vs Eater - What's the difference?

doer | eater | Synonyms |

Doer is a synonym of eater.


As nouns the difference between doer and eater

is that doer is serf while eater is agent noun of eat; one who eats.

As an adjective doer

is servile.

doer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 295:
  • Though his name was closely linked to that of Physiocrats, he was less an armchair intellectual like Quesnay or the elder Mirabeau than a doer in the vein of Bertin and Trudaine [...].
  • * 2008 , Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz, The Guardian , 25 Mar 2008:
  • In schools, submission, not curiosity, was a highly valued virtue. Thinkers were out, doers were in.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Coordinate terms

    * be-er

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    eater

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of eat; one who eats.
  • An eating apple.
  • * 2004 , Laura Mason, Food Culture in Great Britain (page 94)
  • For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers.
  • One who performs fellatio or cunnilingus.
  • * 2001 , Cool Sexy Guy, Story: Cheerleading Camp Group: alt.sex
  • The girls were having lots of fun rolling around on the bed, though Kacie was a much better fingerer and occasional eater.
  • * 1987 , Baird Jones, Sexual humor - Page 309
  • I'm a slow but fastidious eater
  • * 1997 , James White, The Best Sex of Your Life - Page 166
  • Ice cream tastes good to the eater, and has the added advantage of providing a little chill of excitement

    Derived terms

    * ant-eater * bean-eater * bee-eater * binge eater * crow eater * fire eater * lotus eater * man-eater * sin eater * smoke eater

    See also

    * trencherman