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Oiler vs Oilier - What's the difference?

oiler | oilier |

As a noun oiler

is an oil tanker.

As an adjective oilier is

comparative of oily.

oiler

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) An oil tanker
  • An oil well
  • A junior role in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, consisting mainly of keeping machinery lubricated.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "oiler")

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    oilier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (oily)

    • oily

    English

    Alternative forms

    * oyly (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Relating to oil.
  • Smeared with or containing oil.
  • (figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite so as to sound insincere.

    • Derived terms

    * smell of an oily rag

    Noun

    (oilies)
  • A marble with an oily lustre.
  • * 1998 , Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson, Michael Street, Marbles: 101 ways to play
    • Lustered (also called lusters, rainbows, oilies , and pearls)
  • * 2001 , Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
    • But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies , emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles
  • oilskins (waterproof garment)