different between cloner vs closer

English

Etymology

clone +? -er

Noun

cloner (plural cloners)

1. Someone who clones something.
2. (computing) A software program that duplicates media.
   • 2014, Darren R. Hayes, A Practical Guide to Computer Forensics Investigations

     Higher-end hard disk cloners have the ability to create multiple copies simultaneously.

3. (science fiction) A device capable of duplicating physical objects.

Anagrams

• Lorenc, cornel, cronel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?.ne/

Verb

cloner

1. to clone

Conjugation

Related terms

• clone
• clonage

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?klo?s?/

Adjective

closer

1. comparative form of close: more close

Etymology 2

From Middle English closere, equivalent to close (verb) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl??z?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?klo?z?/

Noun

closer (plural closers)

1. Someone or something that closes.

   In our organization, the VP of Sales usually acts as the closer.

2. Someone or something that concludes.

   The DJ chose a fantastic track as his closer at the end of the night.

3. (sales) Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”)
4. The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)

5. (baseball) A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. See Wikipedia:closer (baseball)

   They brought their closer in for the ninth.

Translations

Anagrams

• Cloers, Clores, Corles, ceorls, cresol, escrol, sclero-