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Scorer vs Goalscorer - What's the difference?

scorer | goalscorer |

As nouns the difference between scorer and goalscorer

is that scorer is one who scores while goalscorer is a person who scores a goal, or scores goals.

scorer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who scores.
    • Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers''' in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top '''scorer title three times.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But chances were rare for the lowest scorers in the Premier League against a Newcastle defence which claimed a fourth straight clean sheet.}}
  • One who scores: a scorekeeper.
    • The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up.
  • (cricket) Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls

    • Related terms

    * scoreboard * scorebox * trouble the scorers

    Anagrams

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    goalscorer

    English

    Alternative forms

    *goal scorer *goal-scorer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (football) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 9 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=At the other end, goalscorer Krohn-Dehli's 20-yard strike brought a fine stop from Stekelenburg.}}