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Reeler vs Reeker - What's the difference?

reeler | reeker |

As nouns the difference between reeler and reeker

is that reeler is the grasshopper warbler while reeker is something that emits a very bad smell; that which reeks.

reeler

English

Etymology 1

From its note.

Noun

(en noun)
  • The grasshopper warbler.

    • Etymology 2

    , from its reeling gait.

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia reeler)
  • (genetics) An autosomal-recessive mouse mutant in which cortical neurons are generated normally but abnormally placed, a lack of reelin causing disorganization of cortical laminar layers.
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    reeker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that emits a very bad smell; that which reeks.