Founder vs Farmer - What's the difference?
founder | farmer |
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows.
(genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.
The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
* 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 161.
One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.
* 1719 ,
To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
To fail; to miscarry.
* Shakespeare
A person who works the land or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.
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Agent noun]] of farm; someone or something that [[farm#verb, farms.
(historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
(historical, mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
As nouns the difference between founder and farmer
is that founder is one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows or founder can be the iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation while farmer is .As a verb founder
is of a ship, to fill with water and sink.founder
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* (one who founds) ruinerEtymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- The term 'founder' was applied in the British iron industry long afterwards to the ironworker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
- a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types
Etymology 3
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- We were not much more than a quarter of an hour out of our ship but we saw her sink, and then I understood for the first time what was meant by a ship foundering in the sea.
- All his tricks founder .
Usage notes
Frequently confused with flounder. Both may be applied to the same situation, the difference is the severity of the action: floundering'' (struggling to maintain position) comes first, followed by ''foundering (losing it by falling, sinking or failing).Anagrams
* ----farmer
English
(wikipedia farmer)Noun
(en noun)citation
- a farmer of the revenues