different between lagger vs slagger

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

lag +? -er

Noun

lagger (plural laggers)

1. One who or that which lags behind; a laggard.
   • 1984, Wisconsin Economic Planning Information (page 75)

     The economic time series can be segregated into leaders, laggers and coinciders in relation to movements in aggregate economic activity.

2. One who installs lagging.
   • 2001, Geoffrey Tweedale, Philip Hansen, Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard

     In particular, Turner & Newall doggedly contested any claims from the largest high-risk group outside the scheduled factory areas — the laggers.

3. (video games, informal) A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).

Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of legal +? nagger

Noun

lagger (plural laggers)

1. (slang) A member of support staff responsible for contacting lawyers to check how a case is progressing.

Anagrams

• gargle, gregal, raggle

English

Etymology

From slag +? -er.

Noun

slagger (plural slaggers)

1. One who slags.
   • 1999, Elizabeth A. Throop, Net Curtains and Closed Doors: Intimacy, Family, and Public Life in Dublin, page 54,

     The proper response to slagging is to laugh at oneself while “getting back” at one?s slagger.

2. One who works with slag.
   • 2009, John Hoerr, Monongahela Dusk, page 255,

     Miravich closes his eyes and remembers his days as a slagger. When a mold is full, a slagger moves in with his tool, a techmological marvel othereise known as a board slightly larger than a two-by-four. He leans out over the track and skims slag off the top of the boiling steel, risking what is called “catching a flyer,” which occurs when hot metal explodes out of the mold, spraying everyone in the vicinity.

Anagrams

• gargles, laggers, raggles