Humbler vs Tumbler - What's the difference?
humbler | tumbler |
One who humbles.
* Sydney Smith
(BDSM) A physical restraint that clamps around the base of the scrotum and prevents straightening of the legs.
One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish his measure.
* 1919 ,
*:"You don't think it's too early?" said the Captain.
*:"You and your liver must decide that between you," I replied.
*:"I'm practically a teetotaller," he said, as he poured himself out a good half-tumbler of Canadian Club.
A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
(obsolete) A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.
(UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A kind of cart; a tumbrel.
As nouns the difference between humbler and tumbler
is that humbler is one who humbles while tumbler is one who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.As an adjective humbler
is (humble).humbler
English
Noun
(en noun)- the unravellers of cunning, the investigators of artifice, the humblers of pride, and the scourgers of oppression