different between caller vs ringback

English

Etymology

From Middle English callar, equivalent to call +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?l?/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?k?l?/
• Rhymes: -??l?(r)
• Homophone: collar (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
• Rhymes: -?l?(?)

Noun

caller (plural callers)

1. (telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.

   - I've got someone on the line.

   - Who's the caller?

2. A visitor.

   a gentleman caller

3. (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
4. (programming) A function that calls another (the callee).
5. A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
6. (dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.

Derived terms

• caller ID

Translations

Anagrams

• cellar, re-call, recall

Scots

Etymology

Alteration of calver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?l?r/

Adjective

caller (comparative mair caller, superlative maist caller)

1. Fresh (of food, especially fish).

   Wha'll buy my caller herrin’, / New drawn frae the Forth? (Caroline Oliphaunt, ‘Caller Herrin'’)

2. Cool.

English

Etymology

ring +? back

Noun

ringback (uncountable)

1. (telecommunications) The sound transmitted back to a caller to indicate that the telephone they are calling is ringing.
2. (telecommunications) A telephone feature allowing a person to receive an automatic call back when a busy line becomes free.

Anagrams

• king crab