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Springer vs Stringer - What's the difference?

springer | stringer |

As nouns the difference between springer and stringer

is that springer is a person that springs while stringer is someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

springer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person that springs.
  • Anything that springs.
  • A spring salmon.
  • A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs).
  • A springing cow.
  • A springer spaniel.
  • A springbok.

    • Derived terms

    * cross-springer, cross springer * English springer * mudspringer * secret springer * springer antelope * springer fork * springer point * springer spaniel * springer-up * Welsh springer

    Related terms

    * Eptatretus springeri * klippspringer, klipspringer * Springer illusion

    stringer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
  • * Ascham
    • Be content to put your trust in honest stringers .
  • Someone who leads someone along.
  • A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel
  • A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
  • (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
    • Line up the 1/2 template with the stringer (or draw a center line) — Stephen Pirsch [http://www.surfersteve.com/shaping.htm]
  • A hard-hit ball.
  • (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
    • Janice pulled the bluegill out of the water and added it to her stringer .
  • A pallet or skid used when shipping LTL [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less-Than-Truckload_(LTL)_Shipping] freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
  • (obsolete) A libertine; a wencher.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

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