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Puller vs Yanker - What's the difference?

puller | yanker | Synonyms |

Puller is a synonym of yanker.


As nouns the difference between puller and yanker

is that puller is anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is attached to a lever and a ratchet mechanism while yanker is someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull.

puller

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is attached to a lever and a ratchet mechanism.
  • a tool, such as a bearing puller.

    • Derived terms

    * crowd-puller

    Anagrams

    *

    yanker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull
  • * {{quote-book, year=1991, author=Lindsley , title=The Prospect of Detachment, page=62, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=3smz5UYvQboC&pg=PA62
    • , passage=He's a yanker of braids, a tousler of bangs
  • (Scotland) A brazen lie
  • * {{quote-book, year=1822, title=The Three Perils of Man, author=James Hogg, page=330, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=yrkBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA330
    • , passage="Ay, billy, that is a yanker !" said Tam aside : " When ane is gaun to tell a lie, there's naething like telling a plumper at aince, and being done wi't}}

    Synonyms

    * puller

    See also

    * yankee English agent nouns