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Tweezer vs Plucker - What's the difference?

tweezer | plucker |

As nouns the difference between tweezer and plucker

is that tweezer is a pair of tweezers, tweezers while plucker is one who plucks.

As an adjective tweezer

is of, pertaining to, or relating to, tweezers.

As a verb tweezer

is to use tweezers.

tweezer

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, pertaining to, or relating to, tweezers.

    • Noun

    (tweezers)
  • (US) A pair of tweezers, tweezers.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to use tweezers
  • * 2011 , William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest
  • *:Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers...

    • plucker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who plucks.
  • * December 2007 , - Festive facts at Christmas
    • Irishman Vincent Pilkington is the world's fastest turkey plucker at one minute and 30 seconds. He once plucked 244 turkeys in 24 hours.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou setter up and plucker down of kings.
  • A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.