different between joiner vs jointer

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???n?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English joynour (“maker of furniture, small boxes, etc.”), from Old French joigneor (“joiner, carpenter”), agent noun from joindre (“to join”), equivalent to join +? -er.

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

1. A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
2. A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.

Hypernyms

• (maker of wooden furniture or fittings): carpenter

Translations

Etymology 2

join +? -er

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

1. A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.
2. A person who joins societies or organizations.

Derived terms

• zero-width joiner
• zero-width non-joiner

Translations

Anagrams

• rejoin

Scots

Alternative forms

• jiner
• jyner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??i.n?r/, /?d?oi.n?r/

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

1. carpenter

English

Etymology

joint +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??nt?(?)

Noun

jointer (plural jointers)

1. (literally) One that joints.
2. Any of various tools used to construct or finish joints, especially:
   1. (woodworking) The largest kind of plane used by a joiner.
   2. (construction) A pointing-trowel.
   3. A bent piece of iron for riveting two stones together.
3. An equivalent machine, notably used to produce a flat surface on boards.

Translations

Anagrams

• rejoint