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Spinneret vs Spinner - What's the difference?

spinneret | spinner |

As nouns the difference between spinneret and spinner

is that spinneret is the organ a spider uses to spin its web while spinner is agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.

spinneret

Noun

(en noun)
  • The organ a spider uses to spin its web.
  • A multipored device through which a plastic polymer melt is extruded into fibers.
  • spinner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
  • A conical cover at the center of some aircraft propellers.
  • (obsolete) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
  • (slang, cinema) Used primarily in the adult film industry, an actress or prostitute with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
  • (cricket) A spin bowler.
  • (fishing) A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
  • An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
  • A goatsucker.
  • A spinneret.
  • A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
  • Derived terms

    * ring spinner

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