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Shirker vs Dodger - What's the difference?

shirker | dodger |

As nouns the difference between shirker and dodger

is that shirker is one who shirks a duty or responsibility while dodger is one who dodges.

shirker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
  • One who is lazy.

    • Synonyms

    * goldbrick (dated)

    See also

    * malingerer

    dodger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who dodges.
  • (nautical) A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.

    • Synonyms

    * (companionway cover) sprayhood

    Derived terms

    * artful dodger * coffin dodger * draft dodger * salad dodger * tax dodger