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Traveller vs Collier - What's the difference?

traveller | collier |

In nautical terms the difference between traveller and collier

is that traveller is a metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging while collier is a vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.

As nouns the difference between traveller and collier

is that traveller is one who travels, especially to distant lands while collier is a person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining coal or making charcoal) or in its transporting or commerce.

As a proper noun Collier is

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traveller

Alternative forms

* traveler (US)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who travels, especially to distant lands.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
  • , chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}
  • (label) A modern-day gypsy, tinker, caravan dweller, etc.
  • (label) A member of the nomadic ethnic minority.
  • A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
  • (label) A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.
  • See also

    * backpacker * Irish Traveller * tourist * voyager

    collier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining coal or making charcoal) or in its transporting or commerce.
  • * 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 224.
  • For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order.
  • (nautical) A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal
  • A nickname used by the traveller community, referring to a non-traveller
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