Miner vs Collier - What's the difference?
miner | collier |
A person who works in a mine.
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, title= An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
A bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina .
A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining coal or making charcoal) or in its transporting or commerce.
* 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 224.
(nautical) A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal
A nickname used by the traveller community, referring to a non-traveller
As nouns the difference between miner and collier
is that miner is a person who works in a mine while collier is a person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining coal or making charcoal) or in its transporting or commerce.As a proper noun Collier is
{{surname|from=occupations}.miner
English
(wikipedia miner) (Manorina)Noun
(en noun)Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
Derived terms
* bell miner * black-eared miner * leaf miner * miner's lettuce * noisy miner * yellow-throated minerAnagrams
* ----collier
English
Noun
(en noun)- For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order.
