different between stoker vs smoker

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stoker (“stoker”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to stoke, incite”, literally “to poke, jab, thrust”), ultimately equivalent to stoke +? -er. More at stoke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??k?(?)/

Noun

stoker (plural stokers)

1. A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship who stokes coal in the boilers.
2. A device for stoking a fire; a poker.
3. A device that feeds coal into a furnace etc automatically.
4. A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle.

Synonyms

• (fireplace utensil): firestick, poker

Derived terms

• mechanical stoker

Translations

See also

• fireman

Anagrams

• Kortes, Koster, stroke, tokers, trokes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stoker. Equivalent to stoken +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sto?.k?r/, (Southern Dutch) [?sto?.k?r], (Northern Dutch) [?sto??.k?r]
• Hyphenation: sto?ker
• Rhymes: -o?k?r

Noun

stoker m (plural stokers, diminutive stokertje n)

1. stoker, one who stokes fuel
2. agitator, one who sows division or discord

   Synonyms: onruststoker, scheurmaker

English

Etymology

From smoke +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?smo?k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Noun

smoker (plural smokers)

1. A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
2. A smoking car on a train.
3. (informal, dated) An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.
   • Strand Magazine

     That evening A Company had a "smoker" in one of the disused huts of Shorncliffe Camp.

4. (informal, dated, Britain, Cambridge University) A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
5. A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
6. (slang) An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
7. A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
8. A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
9. (slang) A two-stroke engine.
10. (slang, by extension) Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
11. (baseball, informal) A fastball.
12. (slang) Synonym of stag film

Antonyms

• non-smoker

Hyponyms

• smokeress (female, dated, rare)

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Tobacco smoking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hydrothermal vent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia