different between heeler vs wheeler

English

Etymology

heel +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

heeler (plural heelers)

1. A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
2. A quick runner.
   • 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo

     That a crowd of Sydney stealers,

     Jockeys, pugilists and spielers

     Brought some horses, real heelers,

     Came and put us through.

3. A dog that readily comes to heel.
   • 1999, Ted Baer, Communicating with Your Dog: A Humane Approach to Dog Training

     If your dog is a good heeler, you'll find some competition in the obedience ring.

4. (US, slang, politics, dated) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
   • The Century

     The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding.

5. The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.

Anagrams

• reheel

English

Etymology

From Middle English whelere, equivalent to wheel +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?l?(?)

Noun

wheeler (plural wheelers)

1. (obsolete) A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
2. Someone who operates a wheel.
3. (archaic) A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage).
4. (used in combination with a preceding whole number) A vehicle having the specified number of wheels.
5. (Britain, historical, Liverpudlian) A sett in a stoneway.
   • 1894, Transactions of the Liverpool Engineering Society (page 109)

     These wheelers are now made from the same class of rock as the rest of the pavement, […]

Derived terms

• one-wheeler
• two-wheeler
• three-wheeler
• four-wheeler
• eighteen-wheeler
• wheeler-dealer