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Heeler vs Healer - What's the difference?

heeler | healer |

As nouns the difference between heeler and healer

is that heeler is a gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs while healer is agent noun of lang=en: a person who heals, especially through faith.

heeler

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
  • A quick runner.
  • * 1891 , Banjo Paterson,
  • *:That a crowd of Sydney stealers,
  • *:Jockeys, pugilists and spielers
  • *:Brought some horses, real heelers ,
  • *:Came and put us through.
  • (US, slang, politics, dated) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
  • * The Century
    • The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding.

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns

    healer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • : a person who heals, especially through faith.

    • Hyponyms

    * faith healer * medicine man * quack * quack doctor * shaman * witch doctor