Feeler vs Feller - What's the difference?
feeler | feller |
(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.
A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
A machine for felling trees.
An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
, title=, chapter=1
, passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
(archaic) (fell)
As nouns the difference between feeler and feller
is that feeler is someone or something that feels while feller is a person who fells trees; a lumberjack.As an adjective feller is
comparative of fell.feeler
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(en noun)feller
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Etymology 1
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(en noun)Etymology 2
Variant of fellow'' which reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings ''-er''/''-ar .Dictionary.com