Scorer vs Scourer - What's the difference?
scorer | scourer |
One who scores.
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One who scores: a scorekeeper.
(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
A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookwares.
Agent noun of scour; a person who scours.
(obsolete) A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
As nouns the difference between scorer and scourer
is that scorer is one who scores while scourer is a tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookwares.scorer
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
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- The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up.
Anagrams
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English
Noun
(en noun)- A scourer may be in the form of a mesh (ball) of wires, a flat piece of a rough fabric, or a pad with a soft sponge-like side and a more abrasive side.
- In those days of highwaymen and scourers . — Macaulay.