Pitcher vs Headhunter - What's the difference?
pitcher | headhunter |
One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
(baseball, softball), the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
(chiefly, US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
(obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
(botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See .
A savage who cuts off the heads of his enemies, and preserves them as trophies.
One who recruits senior personnel for a company.
(baseball) A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.
(ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.
As nouns the difference between pitcher and headhunter
is that pitcher is one who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc while headhunter is a savage who cuts off the heads of his enemies, and preserves them as trophies.pitcher
English
(Webster 1913)Etymology 1
(wikipedia pitcher) (to throw, etc. ) + -erNoun
(en noun)External links
* (wikipedia "pitcher")Etymology 2
From (etyl) picher, from (etyl) pichier, . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* little pitchers have big earsExternal links
*Anagrams
* ----headhunter
English
Alternative forms
* head hunterNoun
- She was the best headhunter they had ever seen.
- Thankfully, there aren't many headhunters in the modern game.
- He is known as a goon and a headhunter .
