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Tinker vs Tinkerer - What's the difference?

tinker | tinkerer |

As nouns the difference between tinker and tinkerer

is that tinker is an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin while tinkerer is agent noun of tinker; one who tinkers with things.

As a verb tinker

is to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

As a proper noun Tinker

is {{surname|northern English|from=occupations}} for someone who mends pots and pans.

tinker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin
  • (dated, chiefly, British, and, Irish, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.
  • A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
  • Someone who repairs, or attempts repair on anything mechanical (tinkers) or invents.
  • The act of repair or invention.
  • (military, obsolete) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
  • Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.
  • A bird, the razor-billed auk.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (mischievous person) rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel * (member of the travelling community) traveller

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Robert M. Pringle , title=How to Be Manipulative , volume=100, issue=1, page=31 , magazine= citation , passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}
  • To work as a tinker.
  • See also

    * * tinker's damn

    Anagrams

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    tinkerer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of tinker; one who tinkers with things.
  • A meddler.