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What is the difference between miner and launder?

miner | launder |

As nouns the difference between miner and launder

is that miner is a person who works in a mine while launder is (obsolete) a washerwoman.

As a verb launder is

to wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.

miner

English

(wikipedia miner) (Manorina)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who works in a mine.
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  • An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
  • A bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina .
  • Derived terms

    * bell miner * black-eared miner * leaf miner * miner's lettuce * noisy miner * yellow-throated miner

    Anagrams

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    launder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A washerwoman.
  • (mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
  • A gutter (for rainwater)
  • Synonyms

    * (washerwoman) launderer, laundress, washerwoman

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
  • (obsolete) To lave; to wet.
  • (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.
  • Derived terms

    * money laundering

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