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Rollercoaster vs Coster - What's the difference?

rollercoaster | coster |

As nouns the difference between rollercoaster and coster

is that rollercoaster is an amusement ride consisting of a buggy on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns while coster is costermonger.

rollercoaster

English

(wikipedia rollercoaster)

Alternative forms

* roller coaster * roller-coaster

Noun

(en noun)
  • An amusement ride consisting of a buggy on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.
  • (by extension) Any situation in which there are violent changes in status
    • Our relationship was quite a rollercoaster . Finally, I had enough of it and left her.
    The stock market has been quite the rollercoaster in the last few weeks.

    Synonyms

    * big dipper * switchback * (situation in which there are violent changes in status) merry-go-round, ride, saga, seesaw, soap opera, stir, yo-yo

    See also

    (roller coaster)

    coster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • costermonger
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}

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