different between attritor vs attriter

English

attrit +? -or

attritor (plural attritors)

A type of grinder in which particles suspended in a liquid are moved by paddles and are ground as they collide with each other or with the grinding medium.

attrite +? -er

attriter (plural attriters)

One who, or that which, attrites.
(linguistics) One who has lost certain abilities in a language by learning and using a different language.
Attriters often experience lexical access problems, i.e. a discrepancy between what they would like to say, their communicative intention, and what they still know how to say in their L1. (Monika S. Schmid (Q52147493) (2004) First Language Attrition: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Methodological Issues, John Benjamins Publishing, ?ISBN, page 196)

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