Collier vs. Miner

By Jaxson

  • Miner

    A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, or other mineral from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face; cutting, blasting, or otherwise working and removing the rock. In a broader sense, a “miner” is anyone working within a mine, not just a worker at the rock face.Mining is one of the most dangerous trades in the world. In some countries, miners lack social guarantees and in case of injury may be left to cope without assistance.

    In regions with a long mining tradition, many communities have developed cultural traditions and aspects specific to the various regions, in the forms of particular equipment, symbolism, music, and the like.

Wikipedia
  • Collier (noun)

    A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining) coal or making charcoal or in its transporting or commerce.

  • Collier (noun)

    A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.

  • Collier (noun)

    A sailor on such a vessel.

  • Collier (noun)

    A non-traveller.

  • Miner (noun)

    A person who works in a mine.

  • Miner (noun)

    An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.

  • Miner (noun)

    Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.

  • Miner (noun)

    Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.

  • Miner (noun)

    Software that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.

Wiktionary
  • Collier (noun)

    a coal miner.

  • Collier (noun)

    a ship carrying coal.

  • Miner (noun)

    a person who works in a mine

    “he worked as a miner at Wearmouth Colliery for 27 years”

    “the miners were freed after spending four days trapped underground”

  • Miner (noun)

    a person who obtains units of a cryptocurrency by running computer processes to solve specific mathematical problems

    “anyone can become a bitcoin miner”

  • Miner (noun)

    a person who dug tunnels in order to destroy an enemy position with explosives.

  • Miner (noun)

    a small South American bird of the ovenbird family, which excavates a long burrow for breeding.

  • Miner (noun)

    short for leaf miner

  • Miner (noun)

    an Australian bird of the honeyeater family, having a loud call.

Oxford Dictionary

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