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Dimmer vs Limmer - What's the difference?

dimmer | limmer |

As nouns the difference between dimmer and limmer

is that dimmer is dimmer while limmer is (scotland) a rogue; a low, base fellow.

As an adjective limmer is

limber.

dimmer

English

Noun

(wikipedia dimmer) (en noun)
  • A rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light
  • A switch used to select between the low and high headlamp beam on a road vehicle. (usually as "dimmer switch", primarily in North America; elsewhere "dipswitch" or "dipper switch")

    • Related terms

    * dimmer switch

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (dim)

    • Anagrams

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    limmer

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain; perhaps from limb, or (etyl) limier; see leamer.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Thieves, limmers , and broken men of the Highlands.
  • A promiscuous woman.
  • * 1994 , Jeanette Winterson, Art and Lies
    • Doll Sneerpiece was not a scholar but fond of gentlemen, although to dub her a limmer , would have been to do her a wrong.
  • A limehound; a leamer.
  • A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
  • (nautical) A manrope at the side of a ladder.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • limber
    • (Holland)