Scourer vs Scour - What's the difference?
scourer | scour |
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.
To clean, polish, or wash something by scrubbing it vigorously.
To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off.
* Shakespeare
To search an area thoroughly.
(ambitransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along.
* Alexander Pope
* Dryden
(veterinary medicine) Of livestock, to suffer from diarrhea.
(veterinary medicine) To purge.
(obsolete) To cleanse.
* Francis Bacon
The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
Scourer is a derived term of scour.
As a noun scourer
is a tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookwares.As a verb scour is
to clean, polish, or wash something by scrubbing it vigorously.scourer
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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.
See also
* scourer padAnagrams
* English agent nounsscour
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Alternative forms
* scower (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- He scoured the burner pans to remove the burnt spills.
- He scoured the burnt food from the pan.
- [I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, / Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it.
- They scoured the scene of the crime for clues.
- when swift Camilla scours the plain
- So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, / Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace.
- If a lamb is scouring , do not delay treatment.
- to scour a horse
- Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better.
Derived terms
* scourerNoun
(-)- Bridge scour may scoop out scour holes and compromise the integrity of the bridge.