Cobbler vs Tailor - What's the difference?
cobbler | tailor |
A person who repairs shoes.
A person who lays cobbles
A kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, that lacks a base crust.
(slang, usually plural) A police officer.
An alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with sugar and lemon juice.
* 1858 June, , Volume 2, Number 1,
(obsolete) A clumsy workman.
* 1599 , , I. i. 11:
A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
(Australia) The fish .
To make, repair, or alter clothes.
To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need
As nouns the difference between cobbler and tailor
is that cobbler is a person who repairs shoes while tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.As a verb tailor is
to make, repair, or alter clothes.cobbler
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Addison)
- Look out, it's the cobblers ! .
- In the creed of Asirvadam the Brahmin, the drinker of strong drink is a Pariah, and the eater of cow's flesh is damned already. If, then, he can tell a cocktail from a cobbler , and scientifically discriminate between a julep and a gin-sling, it must be because the Vedas are unclasped to him; for in the Vedas all things are taught.
- Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I / am but, as you would say, a cobbler .
Synonyms
* (person who repairs shoes) shoemender, shoe repairer, shoemaker (person fabricating shoes) * (police officer) seeAnagrams
*tailor
English
(wikipedia tailor)Alternative forms
* tailour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* tailorbird * tailoress * tailor-fashion * tailor-made * tailor's chalk * tailor's dummySynonyms
* (fish ) bluefishVerb
(en verb)- .