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Miner vs Mainer - What's the difference?

miner | mainer |

As nouns the difference between miner and mainer

is that miner is a person who works in a mine while mainer is (us slang) a needle for (illicit) drug administration.

miner

English

(wikipedia miner) (Manorina)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who works in a mine.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
  • 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

    Related terms

    * mine * mining

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    mainer

    English

    Noun

    (Mainers)
  • A native or inhabitant of the State of Maine (in the United States).
  • * 2012 September 11, Julia Moskin, “ Buttermilk, Often Maligned, Begins to Get Its Due”, NYTimes.com:
    • “People have no idea how good this stuff is, but they are about to find out,” said Mr. Patry, 62, who is possibly the most optimistic and talkative native Mainer in history.

    Hypernyms

    *American

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