Pensioner vs Retirer - What's the difference?
pensioner | retirer |
Someone who lives on a pension.
Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
(obsolete, UK, Cambridge University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Oxford called a commoner.
Someone who retires.
* {{quote-news, 1993, February 8, Nicholas Timmins, Tory MP puts case for later retirement, The Independent
, passage=And the pension should be re-cast by providing more to the over-80s - those who retired in the Sixties and Seventies who are much worse off than later retirers }}
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 19, author=Judy Battista, title=In Another U-Turn, Favre Un-Retires, work=New York Times
, passage=And so Favre, serial retirer , unretired for the second time in less than two years Tuesday, joining the Vikings for a contract that ESPN reported was worth $12 million this season and $13 million in 2010 — if he does not retire again.}}
As nouns the difference between pensioner and retirer
is that pensioner is someone who lives on a pension while retirer is someone who retires.pensioner
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