different between learner vs schoolgirl

English

Etymology

learn +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?l??n??/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?l?.n?]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??n?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?(?)
• Hyphenation: learn?er

Noun

learner (plural learners)

1. One who is learning.

   She’s still a learner, so she’s prone to making mistakes.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:beginner

Translations

References

• “learner” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “learner”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• relearn

English

Etymology

school +? girl

Noun

schoolgirl (plural schoolgirls)

1. A girl attending school.
   • 1975, John Greaves, Dickens at Doughty Street (page 33)

     That he married the wrong sister (as is sometimes suggested) is scarcely a feasible explanation, for Mary was hardly more than a schoolgirl when Dickens first came into the Hogarth family.

Hypernyms

• pupil, student (especially US)

Derived terms

• schoolgirlish
• schoolgirlism
• schoolgirl pin
• schoolgirly

Translations

See also

• schoolboy
• schoolchild

Verb

schoolgirl (third-person singular simple present schoolgirls, present participle schoolgirling, simple past and past participle schoolgirled)

1. (transitive, wrestling, rare) To restrain in a schoolgirl pin.
   • 2004, Wrestling Observer Newsletter (page 57)

     Victoria & Nidia beat Stratus & Kim in 3:45 when Victoria schoolgirled Kim.

   • 2017, James Dixon, Arnold Furious, Bob Dahlstrom, The Raw Files: 2001 (page 121)

     She tags herself in only to get schoolgirled for the pin.