Surfboard vs Rocker - What's the difference?
surfboard | rocker |
A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.
A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
Hence, a rocking chair
(surfing) The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
Someone passionate about rock music.
A musician who plays rock music.
(informal) A rock music song.
* Pitchfork Media [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7852-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-50-21/3/]
One who rocks something.
* Fuller
(UK) A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.
Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
A rocking horse.
A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
(engineering) A rock shaft.
As nouns the difference between surfboard and rocker
is that surfboard is a shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves while rocker is a curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.As a verb surfboard
is to use a surfboard; to surf.surfboard
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(wikipedia surfboard) (en noun)See also
* fish * gunUsage notes
* Not preferred by surfers, who would say "surf". * Might be used to distinguish from body-surfing, riding waves without equipment.rocker
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(en noun)- All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design — Bruce Jones [http://www.brucejones.com/longboar.htm]
- "Girls & Boys" is
- It was I, sir, said the rocker , who had the honour, some thirty years since, to attend on your highness in your infancy.