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gleaner vs collector

collector vs gleaner

gleaner and collector both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gleaner Yes No No No
collector Yes No No No
As nouns, collector is a hypernym of gleaner; that is, collector is a word with a broader meaning than gleaner:
  • gleaner: someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
  • collector: a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
Other hypernyms of gleaner include accumulator, gatherer.
gleaner (noun) collector (noun)
someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
a person who collects things
Difference between gleaner and collector

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