thrasher vs thresher

thrasher

noun
  • A thresher shark. 

  • Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes and Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak. 

  • A fan of thrash metal music. 

  • One who thrashes. 

thresher

noun
  • Any of several large pelagic sharks of the genus Alopias, which have a very long tail; more commonly called thresher sharks. 

  • Anything or anyone that threshes. 

  • A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail. 

  • A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement. 

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