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Feeder vs Barge - What's the difference?

feeder | barge |

As nouns the difference between feeder and barge

is that feeder is that which feeds while barge is a large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

As a verb barge is

to intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.

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

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    barge

    English

    (wikipedia barge)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo
  • A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions
  • A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel
  • One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
  • The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table
  • (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
  • (US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * lighter

    Derived terms

    * admiral's barge * bargee * barge in * dumb barge * rowbarge, row barge

    Verb

    (barg)
  • To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
  • To push someone.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=February 1 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the the ball.}}

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