stick-in-the-mud vs trailer

trailer vs stick-in-the-mud

stick-in-the-mud and trailer both are nouns.

stick-in-the-mud is an adjective but trailer is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stick-in-the-mud	Yes	Yes	No	No
trailer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, trailer is a hypernym of stick-in-the-mud; that is, trailer is a word with a broader meaning than stick-in-the-mud:

stick-in-the-mud: someone who moves slowly
trailer: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Other hypernyms of stick-in-the-mud include dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke.

stick-in-the-mud (noun)	trailer (noun)
someone who moves slowly	a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy
	a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor
	an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
	someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

stick-in-the-mud (adjective)	trailer (adjective)
(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned

Difference between stick-in-the-mud and trailer

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