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Sucker vs Runner - What's the difference?

sucker | runner |

As nouns the difference between sucker and runner

is that sucker is a person or thing that sucks while runner is agent noun of run; somebody who runs.

As a verb sucker

is to strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.

sucker

English

Etymology 1

From the verb (suck).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or thing that sucks.
  • An organ or body part that does the sucking.
  • An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.
  • A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollipop.
  • (horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
  • (British, colloquial) A suction cup.
  • A suckling animal.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.
    • (Boyle)
  • A pipe through which anything is drawn.
  • A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.
  • A parasite; a sponger.
  • * Fuller
    • They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker , no branch.
  • (slang, archaic) A hard drinker; a soaker.
  • A person that sucks; a general term of disparagement.
    • Synonyms
    * (piece of candy) lollipop

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
    • to sucker maize

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from the (Pig in a poke) scam, where victims were tricked into believing they were buying a young (that is a suckling) pig. Also possibly from suckener.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is easily fooled, or gulled.
    • Synonyms
    * (one who is easily fooled) chump, fall-guy, fish, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, rube, schlemiel, soft touch * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
    • The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.

    Etymology 3

    Possibly from German (thing).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A thing or object. Any thing or object being called attention to with emphasis, as in "this sucker".
    • Synonyms
    * thing, object

    See also

    * (wikipedia "sucker")

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns

    runner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of run; somebody who runs:
  • # Somebody who moves at a fast pace.
  • The first runner to cross the finish line wins the race.
  • # Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
  • #* 1998 June 12th, Daniel Jonathan Kirk (username), tipping competitions'', in aus.legal, ''Usenet :
  • at least half of which would be put into the pool for the winner, the rest kept for the runners of the system to cover costs and more than likely make a fair profit.
  • (slang) A quick escape away from a scene.
    • He did a runner after robbing the drugstore.
  • A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners, compare trainer; a sneaker.
  • A part of an apparatus that moves quickly
    • After the cycle completes, the runner travels back quickly to be in place for the next cycle.
  • A mechanical part intended for wheels to run on or to slide against another surface.
  • A strip of fabric used to decorate a table.
    • The red runner makes the table so festive.
  • A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
    • How about we put down a clear runner in the front hall.
  • (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
  • (baseball) A player who runs the bases.
    • The runner was out at second.
  • (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
  • (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
  • (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets.
  • (climbing) A short sling with a karabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
  • (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
  • A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
  • A leaping food fish () of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
  • (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
  • * '>citation
    • This week hundreds of NFL agents gathered to hear an honorable man talk about a noble pipedream. It was a discussion about a significant step to end one of the cornerstones of corruption in college football: runners . Not the backs getting their 40 times tested at the scouting combine but the slimeball trolls who work on behalf of agents to help recruit — a generous word — football prospects by illegally giving them cash (or cars or money for family members or rent for a nice house) so the player then signs with the agent upon turning pro.

    Synonyms

    * (sense) quick-draw, extender

    Derived terms

    * forerunner * front runner * river runner * runner bean