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passer vs runner

runner vs passer

passer and runner both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
passer Yes No No No
runner Yes No No No
As nouns, runner is a hypernym of passer; that is, runner is a word with a broader meaning than passer:
  • passer: (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
  • runner: (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
Other hypernyms of passer include ball carrier.
passer (noun) runner (noun)
(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
a person who passes by casually or by chance device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
a student who passes an examination a long narrow carpet
a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group a trained athlete who competes in foot races
someone who imports or exports without paying duties
a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
someone who travels on foot by running
a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
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