Runner vs Stolons - What's the difference?
runner | stolons |
Agent noun of run; somebody who runs:
# Somebody who moves at a fast pace.
# Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
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(slang) A quick escape away from a scene.
A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners, compare trainer; a sneaker.
A part of an apparatus that moves quickly
A mechanical part intended for wheels to run on or to slide against another surface.
A strip of fabric used to decorate a table.
A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
(cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
(baseball) A player who runs the bases.
(Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
(slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
(botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets.
(climbing) A short sling with a karabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
(poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
A leaping food fish () of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
(sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
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As nouns the difference between runner and stolons
is that runner is agent noun of run; somebody who runs: while stolons is .runner
English
Noun
(en noun)- The first runner to cross the finish line wins the race.
- at least half of which would be put into the pool for the winner, the rest kept for the runners of the system to cover costs and more than likely make a fair profit.
- He did a runner after robbing the drugstore.
- After the cycle completes, the runner travels back quickly to be in place for the next cycle.
- The red runner makes the table so festive.
- How about we put down a clear runner in the front hall.
- The runner was out at second.
- This week hundreds of NFL agents gathered to hear an honorable man talk about a noble pipedream. It was a discussion about a significant step to end one of the cornerstones of corruption in college football: runners . Not the backs getting their 40 times tested at the scouting combine but the slimeball trolls who work on behalf of agents to help recruit — a generous word — football prospects by illegally giving them cash (or cars or money for family members or rent for a nice house) so the player then signs with the agent upon turning pro.