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Feeler vs Feeder - What's the difference?

feeler | feeder |

As nouns the difference between feeler and feeder

is that feeler is someone or something that feels while feeder is that which feeds.

feeler

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (literally) Someone or something that feels.
  • (anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
  • (figuratively) Something ventured to test (an)other(s)' feelings, opinion, position.

    • Related terms

    * put out feelers

    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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