Miner vs Groover - What's the difference?
miner | groover |
A person who works in a mine.
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A bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina .
One who grooves.
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(UK, dialect, Derbyshire, dated) A miner.
As nouns the difference between miner and groover
is that miner is a person who works in a mine while groover is one who grooves.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
* ----groover
English
Noun
(en noun)citation
- (Holloway)