carrier vs bearer

bearer vs carrier

carrier and bearer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carrier	Yes	No	No	No
bearer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, carrier and bearer are synonyms defined as:

carrier and bearer: someone whose employment involves carrying something

Other synonyms of carrier include toter.

carrier (noun)	bearer (noun)
(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring	a messenger who bears or presents
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings	one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like	the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something	someone whose employment involves carrying something
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
a boy who delivers newspapers
a man who delivers the mail
someone whose employment involves carrying something
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

Difference between carrier and bearer

Words related to "bearer"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.