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Fisher vs Lobsterwoman - What's the difference?

fisher | lobsterwoman |

As nouns the difference between fisher and lobsterwoman

is that fisher is a person who catches fish, especially for a living while lobsterwoman is a female fisher for lobsters.

As a proper noun Fisher

is {{surname|from=occupations|A=An English occupational}} for a fisherman.

fisher

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who catches fish, especially for a living.
  • A person attempting to catch fish.
  • A ship used for fishing.
    • Usage notes
    Traditionally less common than fisherman, "fisher" is gaining in use as a more gender-inclusive alternative.
    Synonyms
    * (catcher of wild fish) fisherman, angler, piscary, piscator, piscatorian, piscatorialist, piscicapturist * (catcher of captive fish) fish farmer, pisciculturist * (ship) fisherman
    Related terms
    * (act) See fishing * (adj) piscatory, piscatorial, piscatorian, piscatorious * (adv) piscatorially * (writing on fishermen) piscatory

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A North American marten, , that has thick brown fur.
  • * 1969 , Rutherford George Montgomery, The Living Wilderness , page 13,
    • In many ways the fisher resembles the pine marten, possessing many of the marten's tricks and manners.
  • * 1998 , Thomas E. Kucera, American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection , page 62,
    • In the southeastern United States, Krohn et al. (1994) hypothesize that the inverse relationship between captures of fishers' and martens by commercial trappers may result from an interaction between competitive displacement of marten by '''fisher''' and the avoidance of areas with deep and frequent snowfalls by ' fishers but not martens.
  • * 2003 , Cynthia J. Zabel, Robert G. Anthony, Mammal Community Dynamics , page 207,
    • The term "forest carnivores" denotes a smaller group of four species - the marten, fisher , lynx, and wolverine - and is only marginally descriptive, inasmuch as it excludes many carnivores that live in forests, and includes the wolverine, which can thrive in the complete absence of trees.
  • The fur of Martes pennanti .
    • Synonyms
    * (Martes pennanti) pekan, fisher cat, black cat, fisher marten, big marten, black fox
    See also
    * * (Martes pennanti) * (Martes pennanti)

    lobsterwoman

    English

    Noun

    (lobsterwomen)
  • A female fisher for lobsters.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 22, author=Jennifer Finney Boylan, title=A Political Shell Game, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The author (and lobsterwoman ) Linda Greenlaw, about to depart on a book tour for her new mystery, admitted to me that Mr. Obama’s emergence as the Democratic nominee was a historic, awe-inspiring moment —? not that she’s going to vote for him. }}