What's the difference between hirer and hiver?

Hirer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who hires.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And he also fears that some of the more unscrupulous operators might use this issue as “another excuse” to persuade hirers to take the firm’s expensive extra insurance.
  • (2) If the current trend continues towards every worker for themselves – the so-called “gig economy” – then government will need to look again at the UK’s employment laws to ensure they provide sufficient support for the individual against the dominant position of the hirer.
  • (3) Other car hirers this summer take note of this experience – and don't be one of the hundreds of complaints we get at the end of each summer.
  • (4) DVLA insists that the changes have been widely publicised but few people we contacted this week were aware of them, including frequent car hirers – and even people working close to the industry.
  • (5) But fears are growing that the “very muddled” introduction of the new rules will almost certainly lead to some hirers being turned away by car firms this summer.
  • (6) It couldn’t say what would happen to car hirers abroad as foreign hires are not part of its remit.
  • (7) MA, Newark We have all handed a car back to the hirer while anxious to get our flight.
  • (8) The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association which represents the car hire industry, says UK hirers unaware of the rule change will most likely be treated in the same way as those who currently turn up without both parts of the licence.
  • (9) However, under Italian law the company says it is obliged to pass on a hirer's address to the police in the event of a traffic offence, but is not privy to the details of the contravention.
  • (10) The code is only valid for 72 hours, which will mean that holidaymakers hiring a car in the second week of a foreign trip face having to find an internet cafe and log on abroad, or pay roaming charges, if they want to show the car hirer their record.
  • (11) The cafe waitresses, shop staff, mountain bike hirers and others at Grizedale greet him with broad grins.

Hiver


Definition:

  • (n.) One who collects bees into a hive.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He was called "the French Bogart", "the new Jean Gabin", and in 1962 co-starred with Gabin in Un Singe en hiver as a young alcoholic forming a dangerous friendship with an elderly drunk.
  • (2) Essential DVDs Breathless, Le Doulos, Un Singe en hiver, Léon Morin, prêtre, Pierrot le fou, Mississippi Mermaid, Borsalino, Stavisky • Next: Kim Novak

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