different between idler vs garland

English

Etymology

idle +? -er.

Noun

idler (plural idlers)

1. One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.
2. One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
3. (nautical, dated) Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch
4. A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt etc.

Synonyms

• (lazy person): see Thesaurus:idler

Translations

Adjective

idler

1. comparative form of idle: more idle

References

• idler in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• idler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Riedl, riled

English

Etymology

From Middle English garland, garlaunde, gerland, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierl?n, *wieral?n, a frequentative form of Frankish *wier?n (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at wire.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????l?nd/

Noun

garland (plural garlands)

1. A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.

   • Bestow a Garland only on a Bier

2. An accolade or mark of honour.
3. (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
4. The crown of a monarch.
   • 1569, Richard Grafton, A Chronicle at Large

     [she] joyfully receyued and welcommed mee, as the onely type and garland of her noble stirpe and linage

5. (dated) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
   • 1765, Thomas Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

     They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.

6. The top; the thing most prized.
7. (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
8. (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.

Translations

See also

• chaplet

Verb

garland (third-person singular simple present garlands, present participle garlanding, simple past and past participle garlanded)

1. (transitive) To deck or ornament something with a garland
2. (transitive) To form something into a garland

Anagrams

• Ragland