What's the difference between bucker and bulker?

Bucker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who bucks ore.
  • (n.) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
  • (n.) A horse or mule that bucks.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A retrospective case series of fatal accidents occurring among those employed as fallers or buckers in the British Columbia Forest Industry was studied.

Bulker


Definition:

  • (n.) A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The response of these three groups of animals to a diet diluted with 20% alpha cell, a nonnutritive bulker, showed an initial failure to meter calories by both VMN and DMN rats which, however, was compensated for during the remainder of the 24-hr test period.
  • (2) Levander said the technology would be used on cargo cable ferries (which are guided across rivers on cables) within the next couple of years, "but the real benefit will be in ocean going tankers and bulkers", where remote control would cut operating costs by up to 30%.
  • (3) However, it is still an effective stool bulker and acts mainly by increasing faecal water by some unknown mechanism.

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