different between mining vs miner

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?n??/
• Rhymes: -a?n??

Noun

mining (countable and uncountable, plural minings)

2. The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

   gold mining

3. (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.

   His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.

   • 1740, John Hawkesworth, The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Life of the Reverend Jonathan Swift [Introduction]

     […] the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation.

4. (military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
5. (cryptocurrencies) Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Russian: ???????? (májning)

Translations

Verb

mining

1. present participle of mine

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English meaning.

Noun

mining

1. meaning

English

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Etymology

mine +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?n?/
• Rhymes: -a?n?(r)
• Homophones: minor, myna (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

miner (plural miners)

1. A person who works in a mine.
2. An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
3. Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
4. Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
5. (computing) Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.

Derived terms

Related terms

• mine
• mining

Translations

Anagrams

• Ermin, ermin, in rem, inerm

Catalan

Etymology

mina +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /mi?ne/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mi?ne?/

Noun

miner m (plural miners, feminine minera)

1. miner (a person who works in a mine)

   Synonym: minaire

Further reading

• “miner” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Noun

miner c

1. indefinite plural of mine

French

Etymology

From mine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ne/

Verb

miner

1. to mine, exploit natural riches
2. (transitive) to undermine; to erode

Conjugation

Derived terms

• mineur
• terrain miné

Further reading

• “miner” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

miner

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of minor

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

miner m or f

1. indefinite plural of mine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

miner f

1. indefinite plural of mine

Verb

miner

1. present of mina

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mineur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?ner/

Noun

miner m (plural mineri, feminine equivalent miner?)

1. miner (person who works in a mine)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

• miner in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Noun

miner

1. indefinite plural of min