Trimmer vs Strimmer - What's the difference?
trimmer | strimmer |
(trim)
One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
A device used to trim.
(nautical) a member of the crew who trims the sails.
Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest.
* 1848 , (Baron Macaulay), History of England , I.2:
* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 9:
(architecture) A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
As nouns the difference between trimmer and strimmer
is that trimmer is one who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments while strimmer is string trimmer.As an adjective trimmer
is comparative of trim.trimmer
English
Adjective
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Thus Halifax was a Trimmer on principle.
- Lady Margaret Beaufort's third husband, Lord Stanley, an accomplished political trimmer , gave fair words but little commitment: the vast, well-armed Stanley retinues shadowed Henry's route southeast to the battlefield and waited, detached, to see how the chips fell.
