What's the difference between calker and caller?

Calker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who calks.
  • (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.

Example Sentences:

Caller


Definition:

  • (n.) One who calls.
  • (a.) Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air.
  • (a.) Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The authors note that poison center callers seem to constitute a pool of significantly suicidal persons and reaffirm the premise that poison centers and suicide centers should coordinate their efforts.
  • (2) The aftereffects of home-induced emesis with ipecac syrup were determined by telephone interviews of callers to a poison center.
  • (3) The caller, who refused to give a name, also claimed to have carried out a similar attack on a far-right newspaper and said the action would continue until the election.
  • (4) The aim of this study was to determine who used the line, why they called, the conditions callers presented with, the action taken by the doctor and whether patients and doctors thought the service was a good idea.
  • (5) I live in rural Ireland and the travel alone is more than I can afford," says one caller.
  • (6) As Fox caller Joe Buck just said to new viewers "we know where you've been"."
  • (7) Use of visiting nurses to substitute for physician house calls was less often considered appropriate by frequent house callers (7% vs. 24%, p less than 0.01), and regular house callers were less likely to report being "too busy" to make house calls (71% vs. 29%, p less than 0.01).
  • (8) But within minutes of the five-year-old video of Obama being released by the Daily Caller website on Tuesday night , the "exclusive" began to unwind amid criticism that much of it had been reported at the time and the content was anything but explosive.
  • (9) Enhanced caller identification pages could also show details of the person on the other end of the line including their location, and prompts such as the names of their children, their last holiday or a recent cinema outing.
  • (10) Of a sample of 4626 callers to the service, 3887 (84%) responded.
  • (11) Since last March, a family planning hotline has been putting the caller in touch with the Family Planning Information Service.
  • (12) Sterling seemed in a good mood, she said – neither knew that an anonymous caller had just told police Sterling had threatened him with a pistol, and officers were on their way.
  • (13) The mean age of the callers was 9.7 years, with twice as many girls as boys calling.
  • (14) Crowley, the chief political correspondent at CNN, was variously accused of having "committed an act of journalistic terror" (Rush Limbaugh) to having committed an act similar to John Wilkes Booth assassinating Abraham Lincoln (the Daily Caller's Tucker Carlson) when she fact-checked Romney in Tuesday's debate.
  • (15) Another time I might challenge a rival cold caller, making them sweat for their charity with awkward questions that I know only too well.
  • (16) Disruption to the non-emergency helplines for the police and the NHS was resolved on Saturday after callers were unable to get through for several hours.
  • (17) Three problems were presented to each center by simulated callers.
  • (18) Of male callers, 67% reported that telephone counseling helped at least somewhat, while 80% of female callers reported favorable results of telephone counseling.
  • (19) He freely gives out his mobile phone number, and, again, when he has time, happily answers it to all callers.
  • (20) When you find the number you wish to block, tap the little “i” symbol next to it, then tap “Block this caller”, and then “Block contact”.

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