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Shipwrecker vs Shipwreckee - What's the difference?

shipwrecker | shipwreckee |

Shipwreckee is a related term of shipwrecker.



As nouns the difference between shipwrecker and shipwreckee

is that shipwrecker is one who causes a shipwreck while shipwreckee is one who is shipwrecked.

shipwrecker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who causes a shipwreck.

    • Related terms

    * shipwreckee * wrecker

    shipwreckee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is shipwrecked.
  • * 1955 , Gregorio Marañón, Charles David Ley, Antonio Pérez, "Spanish Traitor"
    • Evidently his real charge was not to help Perez in his linguistic difficulties but to spy on him. But the malign shipwreckee was at the same time a spy...
  • * 2001 , David Spedding, Shipwrecked International
    • There is a chapter devoted to each shipwreckee , including their own photographs, drawings, cartoons, extracts from journals and other writings.

    Synonyms

    * castaway * maroon