different between forklift vs stringer

English

Etymology

fork +? lift

Noun

forklift (plural forklifts)

1. A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved

Synonyms

• fork hoist
• fork truck
• forklift truck
• lift truck
• sideloader
• stacker-truck
• tow-motor
• trailer loader

Translations

Verb

forklift (third-person singular simple present forklifts, present participle forklifting, simple past and past participle forklifted)

1. To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
   • 2009, Garry Thomas Morse, Death in Vancouver (page 49)

     With bouncerly finesse, Frank forklifted his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.

English

Etymology

From string +? -er (“agent”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /st????/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /st????/
• Rhymes: -???(?)

Noun

stringer (plural stringers)

1. Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
   • 1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus

     Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.

2. Someone who strings someone along.
3. A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
4. The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
5. A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
6. (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
7. (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
8. (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
9. (baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.
10. (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
    • 1970, Field & Stream (volume 75, number 7, page 76)

      "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.

11. A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
12. (obsolete) A libertine; a wencher.

    • A whoreson tyrant! He has been an old stringer in's days

13. (birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.

Translations

Anagrams

• restring, ringster