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Scourger vs Scourer - What's the difference?

scourger | scourer |

As nouns the difference between scourger and scourer

is that scourger is one who, or that which, scourges while scourer is a tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookwares.

scourger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, scourges.

    • scourer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookwares.
    • 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.
  • Agent noun of scour; a person who scours.
  • (obsolete) A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
    • In those days of highwaymen and scourers . — Macaulay.

    See also

    * scourer pad

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns