What's the difference between ranker and rinker?

Ranker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, METAPHASE RANKER is presently under development.
  • (2) It is composed of: (1) CHROMO MARKER whose main purpose is to mark on images to make image data base, (2) CHROMO ALGO whose purpose is algorithm development, and (3) METAPHASE RANKER whose purposes are metaphase finding and ranking with a high power objective lens.
  • (3) Why on earth do taxpayers need to pay hundreds of middle-ranker bankers over a million pounds at RBS?"
  • (4) Manchester United were the big disappointment, although Wolfsburg’s progress since suggests the horror in some quarters at a rich and famous English team losing to a relative mid-ranker overlooks the fact the Bundesliga is Europe’s second most powerful league and Germany are the world champions.
  • (5) • Almost as a counterpoint to the toiling middle-rankers, we get to see the effortless old partners – Roger and Bert – perform one of their vermouth-dry dressing-downs, which is always a pleasure.

Rinker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who skates at a rink.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mike Rinker, at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), said: "Combined heat and power fuel cell systems can help commercial buildings with high energy demands reap significant savings in energy cost and use.
  • (2) Expression of antisense RNA against eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF-4E) in HeLa cells causes a reduction in the levels of both eIF-4E and eIF-4 gamma (p220) and a concomitant decrease in the rates of both cell growth and protein synthesis (De Benedetti, A., Joshi-Barve, S., Rinker-Schaffer, C., and Rhoads, R. E. (1991) Mol.

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