different between batsman vs opener

English

Etymology

bat +? -s- +? -man

Pronunciation

Noun

batsman (plural batsmen)

1. (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
2. (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
3. (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
4. (cricket) Any of the above senses, restricted to male players.
5. (baseball, now rare) A hitter.
6. (aviation, historical) An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.

Usage notes

• The term batsman is applied to both male and female cricketers; batswoman is much rarer.
• In baseball, batsman is rarely used outside of the phrase 'hit batsman'

Synonyms

• (baseball): hitter, batter
• (cricket): batter (rare) (both male and female)

Hyponyms

• (cricket): batswoman (female) (when "batsman" is treated as both male and female)

Hypernyms

• (male cricketer): batter (rare) (both male and female)
• (cricket): cricketer

Antonyms

• (cricket): batswoman (female) (when "batsman" is treated as only male)

Derived terms

• batsmanship
• batswoman

Related terms

• bat

Translations

Anagrams

• Bantams, Batmans, bantams, batmans

English

Etymology

open +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p?n?/

Noun

opener (plural openers)

1. A person who opens something.
   • 1863, The British Controversialist: And Literary Magazine (page 122)

     Have you, like the opener of this debate, discovered, sapiently enough, that "the peace party, with Lord Aberdeen at their head, were the chief cause of the war"?

2. A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
3. (in combination) An establishment that opens.

   The late-night openers in the mall include two restaurants and a clothing store.

4. (card games) The player who starts the betting.
5. (card games, in the plural) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
6. (metalworking) A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
7. (theater) The first act in a variety show or concert.
8. (cricket) A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
9. (colloquial) The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
10. (sports) The first game played in a competition.
11. (sports) The first goal or point scored.
12. (fishing) A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
13. (baseball) A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• -perone, Perone, pereon, perone, poneer, reopen, repone