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Swimmer vs Skimmer - What's the difference?

swimmer | skimmer |

As nouns the difference between swimmer and skimmer

is that swimmer is one who swims while skimmer is a device that skims.

swimmer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who swims.
  • A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
  • (chiefly, in the plural, colloquial) A sperm.

    • skimmer

    English

    (wikipedia skimmer) (Rynchops)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device that skims.
  • A person who skims.
  • Any of three species of bird in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
  • Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clams and large scallops.
  • A ballet flat shoe.

    • Derived terms

    * black skimmer, Rynchops niger * African skimmer, Rynchops flavirostris * Indian skimmer, Rynchops albicollis