different between sideline vs sideliner

English

Alternative forms

• side line
• side-line

Etymology

side +? line

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?dla?n/

Noun

sideline (plural sidelines)

1. A line at the side of something.
2. Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item.

3. A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
4. (sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field.
5. (sports) Usually in the plural: the area outside the playing field beyond each sideline.

6. (figuratively) The outside or perimeter of any activity.

7. (Canada) A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.

Translations

Verb

sideline (third-person singular simple present sidelines, present participle sidelining, simple past and past participle sidelined)

1. (sports, transitive) To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play.

   The coach sidelined the player until he regained his strength.
2. (transitive) To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus.

   The illness sidelined him for weeks.

Translations

Anagrams

• disilene, lineside

English

Etymology

sideline +? -er

Noun

sideliner (plural sideliners)

1. One who stays on the sidelines; a spectator or nonparticipant.
   • 1936, American Sociological Review (volume 61, page 135)

     The result is more dissent because successful collective action sustains the involvement of old participants while convincing sideliners of the usefulness of protest and ensuring their future participation […]
2. (US) A beekeeper, neither a hobbyist nor a fully-fledged commercial operator, for whom beekeeping is a secondary source of income.

Anagrams

• line-dries, linesider