singer
/ˈsɪŋɚ/
noun
Common
1.n.a person who sings
2.n.United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)
3.n.United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)
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singer and sinner differ by a single letter, buried far enough into the word to be easy to miss. singer means “a person who sings”. sinner means “a person who sins (without repenting)”. singer is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈsɪŋɚ/
1.n.a person who sings
2.n.United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)
3.n.United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)
/ˈsɪnɚ/
1.n.a person who sins (without repenting)
| singer | sinner | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɪŋɚ/ | /ˈsɪnɚ/ |
| Said | SING-ur | SIN-ur |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Letters | 6 | 6 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun |
| Senses | 3 | 1 |
| How common | Common | Familiar |
| Synonyms | vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser | evildoer |
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