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Qualifier vs Passer - What's the difference?

qualifier | passer |

As nouns the difference between qualifier and passer

is that qualifier is one who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition while passer is one who succeeds in passing a test, etc.

qualifier

English

(wikipedia qualifier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
  • A preliminary stage of a competition.
  • * 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
    • But England's final qualifier , played out in the hostile surroundings of Podgorica City Stadium, turned on two incidents that will have cast a cloud over Capello's delight at reaching another major tournament.
  • (grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
  • (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
  • * 2012 , Conor Sexton, C++ Programming Made Simple
    • The qualifier const may be prefixed to any declaration, and specifies that the value to which the data object is initialised cannot subsequently be changed.

    Synonyms

    * (grammar) modifier

    See also

    * (grammar) determiner

    passer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
  • * 2008 , David L. Streiner, ?Geoffrey R. Norman, Health Measurement Scales
    • The distributions of scores on the exam for passers and failers are plotted
  • (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
  • # (American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
  • (chess) A passed pawn.
  • (archaic) One who passes; a passenger.
  • One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
  • * 2014 , Risa Bear, Homecomings , page 69:
    • Passers and would-be passers make every effort to be convincing in their chosen gender role

    See also

    * passer-by

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