Digger vs. Rigger — What's the Difference?

A person, animal, or large machine that digs earth.

One that rigs

A member of a group of radical dissenters formed in England in 1649 as an offshoot of the Levellers, believing in a form of agrarian communism in which common land would be made available to the poor.

(Nautical) A ship with a specific kind of rigging. Often used in combination

A man, especially a private soldier (often used as a friendly form of address)

One who rigs or dresses; as:

A person or animal that digs

One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system.

A tool or machine used for digging or excavating.

One whose occupation is to lift and move large and heavy objects (such as industrial machinery) with the help of cables, hoists, and other equipment.

A soldier from Australia in World War I and World War II.

(animation) One whose occupation is to outfit a computer model with controls for animation.

A soldier from New Zealand in World War I.

One who rigs or manipulates (an election, etc).

Also Digger , or Digger Indian Offensive Used as a disparaging term, especially in the 1800s, for a member of any of various Native American peoples of the Great Basin, such as the Utes, Paiutes, and Western Shoshones.

A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.

Chiefly New England A fall

A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.

A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

(NZ) A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.

A tool for digging.

A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.

A spade (playing card).

(BDSM) A person who applies functional or artistic rope bondage to another person's body.

One who digs.

(paraskiing) outrigger

A gold miner, one who digs for gold.

One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.

An Australian soldier.

A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.

A friendly term of address, especially to a man.

A long slender, and pointed sable brush for making fine lines, etc.; - said to be so called from its use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the rigging.

One who, or that which, digs.

Someone who rigs ships

A laborer who digs

A long slender pointed sable brush used by artists

A machine for excavating

Someone who works on an oil rig

A sailing vessel with a specified rig;