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Player vs Planer - What's the difference?

player | planer |

As nouns the difference between player and planer

is that player is one that plays while planer is a woodworking tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.

As an adjective planer is

comparative of plane.

player

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One that plays
  • # One who plays any game or sport.
  • # (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
  • # (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
  • # (gaming, video games) A gamer; a gamester.
  • # (gambling) A gambler.
  • # (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
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  • # (electronics) An electronic device or software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as CD player.
  • One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
  • A significant participant.
    • He thought he could become a player , at least at the state level.
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  • (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

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    Derived terms

    * accordion player * basketball player * bit player * CD player * football player * player-manager * player piano * record player * rugby player * soccer player * tennis player

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    planer

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (plane)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woodworking tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.
  • A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines.
  • (archaic, printing) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.
    • (Hansard)

    Synonyms

    * * thickness planer

    See also

    * planner

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