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Eater vs Feeder - What's the difference?

eater | feeder |

As nouns the difference between eater and feeder

is that eater is agent noun of eat; one who eats while feeder is that which feeds.

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

    feeder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which feeds.
  • That which is used to feed.
  • a bird feeder
  • A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
  • A branch line of a railway
  • A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
  • The pitcher.
  • (video games, derogatory) A player who is killed by the opposing player or team more than once through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
  • Stop feeding! You feeder .
  • The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
  • * 2010 , Niall Richardson, Transgressive Bodies
  • Often similes such as 'soft as velvet' or 'fluffy like a cloud' will be employed and the feeder will describe how he feels he can be lost in the enveloping folds of soft flesh.

    Derived terms

    * bottom feeder * feeder cattle * feeder fish * feederism

    Anagrams

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