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Rimmer vs Trimmer - What's the difference?

rimmer | trimmer |

As nouns the difference between rimmer and trimmer

is that rimmer is an implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer while trimmer is one who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.

As an adjective trimmer is

comparative of trim.

rimmer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer.
  • One who performs oral sex on the anus of his/her partner.
  • :See also rim, rim-job.
  • A mixture of confections, spices, and/or salts applied to the rim of a beverage glass or mug.

    • trimmer

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (trim)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
  • A device used to trim.
  • (nautical) a member of the crew who trims the sails.
  • Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest.
  • * 1848 , (Baron Macaulay), History of England , I.2:
    • Thus Halifax was a Trimmer on principle.
  • * 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 9:
    • Lady Margaret Beaufort's third husband, Lord Stanley, an accomplished political trimmer , gave fair words but little commitment: the vast, well-armed Stanley retinues shadowed Henry's route southeast to the battlefield and waited, detached, to see how the chips fell.
  • (architecture) A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.