Skier vs Ski - What's the difference?
skier | ski |
(label) A ball hit high in the air, often leading to a catch.
* 2002, Jeff Green,
* 2012, Harry Pearson,
One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow.
One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over water pulled by a boat.
To move on skis.
To travel over (a slope etc.) on skis; travel on skis at (a place), especially as a sport.
Ski is a derived term of skier.
Ski is a alternative form of skier.
As nouns the difference between skier and ski
is that skier is one who skis while ski is one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow.As a verb ski is
to move on skis.skier
English
Etymology 1
ski +Etymology 2
sky +Noun
(en noun)"New Zealand win tri-series in convincing style", Cricinfo:
- However, when Guha returned, she picked the wrong ball to pull and hit a skier to Charlotte Edwards.
"There's always a catch – unless it's me or Monty underneath the ball", The Guardian:
- The second thing I did my best to get out of was the unpleasant position Monty found himself in rather too often in Sri Lanka: standing under a skier in the deep.