different between thruster vs booster

English

Etymology

thrust +? -er. The surfboard sense was coined (but never trademarked) by Simon Anderson, who created the design in 1980. The name was almost immediately applied generically to any surfboard with that fin design.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????st?/
• Rhymes: -?st?(r)

Noun

thruster (plural thrusters)

1. One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
   • 1978, Brian Inglis, The Book of the Back (page 109)

     Nevertheless osteopaths are coming to regard themselves not so much as thrusters, or even as repositioners, of bones, but as releasers of the patient's own recuperative forces.

2. A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
3. (nautical) A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
4. (surfing) A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
5. An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
   • 1973, Director (volume 25, issues 7-12, page 346)

     The executive is a thruster with ideas to expand or improve the business and his superiors fail to react—for whatever reason—and do not give acceptable explanations.

   • 2006, Robert Graham, How to Write Fiction (And Think About It) (page 16)

     His hi-spec gear suggests that he's a corporate high-flyer and he's definitely a bit of a thruster, very much in control, taking care of business.

Anagrams

• truthers

English

Etymology

boost +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bust?/

Noun

booster (plural boosters)

1. Something that boosts.
2. The first stage of a multistage rocket that provides the thrust for liftoff and the initial flight
3. A motor-generator set used for voltage regulation in direct current electrical power circuits.
4. Someone who is a fan or supporter of something.
   • 2012, The Economist, Lexington: A fiscal hawk, grounded

     Nor is his district quite the Democratic bastion boosters describe: voters there narrowly backed Barack Obama in 2008, but voted for Mr Bush by a hefty margin in 2004.

5. Someone who promotes a town or business
6. A member of a booster club.
7. A booster dose.

   When did you get your last tetanus booster?

8. (linguistics) A term that serves to amplify or strengthen an utterance, such as "really".
9. (video games) A power-up item.
10. (gaming) A package of cards or figurines designed to add to a player's collection.
11. (slang) A thief.

    The security guard captured two boosters before they could exit the retail store.

Derived terms

• booster bag
• booster cable
• booster club
• booster dose
• booster injection
• boosterish
• booster seat
• booster shot

Translations

Anagrams

• Booters, Boteros, booters, reboost, reboots

Spanish

Noun

booster m (plural boosters)

1. booster