different between rounder vs pounder

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English rounder, roundere, equivalent to round +? -er (comparative suffix).

Adjective

rounder

1. comparative form of round: more round

Etymology 2

From round +? -er (agent suffix).

Noun

rounder (plural rounders)

1. A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
   • ?Mike Richards - "Kentucky Hills of Tennessee"

     My daddy was a rounder, he wore a rounder's hat and coat.

2. A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
   • 1923, Traditional(Arr. Fiddlin' John Carson), Casey Jones

     Come all you rounders if you want to hear

     A story I'm a-tellin' on a brave engineer

     Casey Jones was this rounder's name

     On a six-eight wheeler boys he won his fame...

3. A person who earns a living by playing cards
4. A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
   • 2006, based on traditional, "Cocaine Habit", Old Crow Medicine Show

     Take a whiff on me

     Take a whiff on me

     All you rounders, take a whiff on me

     Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me

5. One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
6. A tool for making an edge or surface round.

Anagrams

• Rednour, rondure, unorder

English

Etymology 1

pound (“verb”) +? -er (“agent suffix”)

Noun

pounder (plural pounders)

1. A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
   • 2014, The Cook's Illustrated Meat Book

     Since we often prefer to pound our own cutlets rather than buy uneven precut cutlets from the store, a meat pounder is an important piece of equipment.

Translations

See also

• mortar and pestle

Etymology 2

pound (“measure of weight”) +? -er

Noun

pounder (plural pounders)

1. (in combination) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.

   The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle.

2. (in combination) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.
   • 1970, Field & Stream (volume 75, number 7, page 76)

     "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.

3. (in combination) Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.

   The striker they bought from United was a million-pounder.

Translations

Derived terms

• quarter-pounder

Anagrams

• unroped