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Polder vs Poller - What's the difference?

polder | poller |

As nouns the difference between polder and poller

is that polder is an area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes while poller is one who polls or lops trees.

polder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
  • *1999 , (Philipp Blom), translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City , Vintage 2001, p. 43:
  • *:The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.

    • poller

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who polls or lops trees
  • one who cuts hair; a barber
  • one who votes
  • one who registers voters or conducts a poll
  • (computing) a task or process that periodically checks for a condition being satisfied, such as the availability of new data
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