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Heifer vs Follower - What's the difference?

heifer | follower |

As nouns the difference between heifer and follower

is that heifer is (label) a young cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved while follower is (literally) one who follows, comes after another.

heifer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A young cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.
  • * 1611 , KJV, Numbers 19:1-2
  • (label) A wife.
  • *1616 , Ben Jonson, Epicœne'', Ch. ii., in ''Works , Vol. I, p. 549:
  • A girl.
  • * 1853 , T.C. Haliburton, Sam Slick's Wise Saws , Vol. II., p. 282:
  • A cow: a large, unattractive, unpleasant woman.
  • * 2001 , Glenda Howard, Cita's World

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, heiferbud, heifer-bud , heifer calf , heifer dust , heiferhood , heifer paddock, heifer-paddock , heifer yearling , plow with one's heifer, plough with one's heifer}}

    References

    English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    follower

    English

    (wikipedia follower)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
  • Something that comes after another thing.
  • One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
  • One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
  • An imitator, who follows another's example
  • A pursuer.
  • A machine part receiving motion from another
  • A man courting a maidservant.
  • Young cattle.
  • A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
  • (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
  • (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.

    • Antonyms

    * leader * precursor

    Derived terms

    * followership * nonfollower

    Related terms

    * following