Maker vs Founder - What's the difference?
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Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
(usually, capitalized and preceded by the) God.
A poet.
* 2000 , , The Book of Prefaces , Bloomsbury 2002, p. 9:
(obsolete, legal) Someone who signs a cheque or promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.
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
As nouns the difference between maker and founder
is that maker is someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something while founder is one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows.As a verb founder is
of a ship, to fill with water and sink.maker
English
Noun
(en noun)- It is refreshing to read how makers find great allies in the past to help them tackle the present. It helps us to see that literature is a conversation across boundaries of nation, century and language.
Derived terms
* brushmaker * homemaker * troublemaker * widow-makerAnagrams
* * English agent nouns ----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 .