What's the difference between dunker and dunner?

Dunker


Definition:

  • (n.) One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Presence of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD) in testes and ovaries of the common mussels--Patinopecten yessoensis (Jay) and Crenomytilus grayanus (Dunker) has been demonstrated histochemically.
  • (2) It's "a little dunker" says legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, one that lands just a touch beyond the stretched out glove hand of Pete Kozma who wandered into the outfield - that's a base hit for the crippled Ramirez, and that's enough to raise glasses around Dodger Stadium right now.
  • (3) The variables were: restricted versus free manipulation, and easy versus difficult arrangements of a Dunker-type candle problem.
  • (4) The following week (20-27 August), there'll be 1950s-style keep fit classes on the beach (8am, Mon-Fri) as part of the Dippers and Dunkers Festival of New Variety .

Dunner


Definition:

  • (n.) One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Of 27 cases, 18 manic-depressive patients who simultaneously fitted dunners' seminal definition about rapid cycling affective disorders (RCAD) completed clinical follow-up for 1.5-4.5 years after discharge between Jan, 1983 and Jun, 1986.

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