What's the difference between scourer and scourger?
Scourer
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, scours.
(n.) A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dyeworkers and wool scourers (mostly European men in relatively dust free jobs) on average experienced an FEV1 251 ml lower than other workers when age, height, smoking habits, and occupational factors had been taken into account.
(2) The GP had told her to scrub them with a kitchen scourer.
(3) According to members of his family, he had been treated for obsessive compulsive disorder, and it is said that he was so anxious about cleanliness that he had been known to scrub himself with pan scourers.
Scourger
Definition:
(n.) One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.