different between gainer vs grainer

English

Etymology

From gain +? -er. Compare German Gegner (“opponent, adversary”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??e?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??e?n?/

Noun

gainer (plural gainers)

1. One who gains a profit or advantage.
   • 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xvi^[2]:

     Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end.

2. One who puts on weight.
3. (sports, slang) A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.
   • 1961, Stanis?aw Lem, Return from the Stars, chapter 4:

     I tried a full gainer with a twist, the way he did it, but succeeded only in smacking the water with my thighs.

Derived terms

• weight gainer

Related terms

• back gainer sports
• full gainer sports
• gain
• half gainer sports
• reverse gainer sports

References

• OED2

Anagrams

• Gearin, Reagin, Regina, anigre, earing, in gear, inrage, raigne, reagin, regain, regian, regina

French

Etymology

From gaine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ne/

Verb

gainer

1. to cover, sheathe

Conjugation

Further reading

• “gainer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• graine, grainé, ignare, ingéra, régnai

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???e??.n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???e??.n?/

Etymology

From grain +? -er.

Noun

grainer (plural grainers)

1. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
2. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
3. One who grains (paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc).
4. A brush or tool used for such painting.
5. (rail transportation, US) A type of railroad car that carries grain.

Anagrams

• Garnier, Granier, angrier, earring, rangier, rearing

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e.ne/, /???.ne/

Verb

grainer

1. to granulate
2. to seed

Conjugation

Derived terms

• grainage

Further reading

• “grainer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).