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Strangler vs Straggler - What's the difference?

strangler | straggler |

As nouns the difference between strangler and straggler

is that strangler is someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling while straggler is one who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs.

strangler

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling
  • an epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows

    • straggler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs.
  • One who falls behind the rest.
  • One who rambles without any settled direction.
  • A roving vagabond.
  • Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
  • Something that stands alone or by itself.

    • Derived terms

    * blue straggler