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Faller vs Fuller - What's the difference?

faller | fuller |

As a verb faller

is .

As a noun fuller is

fountain pen.

faller

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who falls.
  • An apple that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
  • (engineering) A part which acts by falling, such as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.

    • Derived terms

    * backfaller * counter-faller * off-faller

    Anagrams

    * ----

    fuller

    English

    Etymology 1

    From full.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (full)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) fullo .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who fulls cloth.
    • Derived terms
    * fuller's earth * fuller's herb * fuller's thistle * fuller's weed

    Etymology 3

    origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal.
  • A groove made by such a tool (in the blade of a sword etc.).

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.
    • to fuller a bayonet