different between pickler vs picker

English

Etymology

pickle +? -er

Noun

pickler (plural picklers)

1. One who pickles food products.
2. A cucumber grown for pickling.
   • 1989, Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production (page 520)

     The slicing cucumbers' production systems are geared to be first on the market, whereas for the picklers this urgency is not so great.

3. A machine that pickles metal.
4. (programming) (in the Python programming language) A program or algorithm that performs serialization.

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• prickle

English

Etymology

From Middle English pikere, pykare, equivalent to pick +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?k?(?)

Noun

picker (plural pickers)

1. Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
2. (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.

3. (engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
4. (weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
5. (military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
6. (slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
7. (historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
8. (archaic) A pilferer.

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• repick, ripeck