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Terms vs Leaguer - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and leaguer

is that terms is while leaguer is a siege or leaguer can be (usually in compounds) a person in a league.

As a verb leaguer is

(obsolete) to besiege; to beleaguer.

terms

English

Noun

(head)

    • Statistics

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    leaguer

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A siege
    • We must break the leaguer of the city.
  • The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.
    • (Ben Jonson)
  • A measure of liquid
    • Excise duty had to be paid on each leaguer of brandy exported. (1794, Cape of Good Hope)
    Related terms
    *beleaguered

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To besiege; to beleaguer.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually in compounds) A person in a league
    • I'm not a major-leaguer ; I just play baseball.