Glider vs. Rocker — What's the Difference?

A light engineless aircraft designed to glide after being towed aloft or launched from a catapult.

A rocking chair.

A swinging sofa, bench, or chair suspended from a vertical frame.

A rocking horse.

A device that aids gliding.

One of the two curved pieces upon which a cradle, rocking chair, or similar device rocks.

Any of several arboreal marsupials that glide through the air by extending large folds of skin on the sides of the body between the forelegs and the hind legs, especially a flying phalanger.

A cradle used for washing or panning ores.

One who glides.

A small curved blade with a toothed edge used in mezzotint engraving to roughen the surface of the metal plate.

Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.

An object having a curved form, as the keel of a ship or a skate blade sharpened in a curve.

A pilot of glider aircraft.

A curved stripe at the bottom part of a chevron worn by noncommissioned officers above the rank of sergeant.

Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the gliding possum.

A rock song, singer, or musician.

Synonym of glide

A fan of rock music.

A kind of garden swing.

A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.

(mathematics) In the Game of Life cellular automaton, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.

A rocking chair.

A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain. chiefly US, North America?

(surfing) The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.

The breve below as in ḫ.

One who, or that which, glides.

Someone passionate about rock music.

A heavier-than-air flying machine similar to an airplane, but without an engine. It is typically towed to a high altitide by a powered aircraft and then glides to earth with no other source of power.

A musician who plays rock music.

A type of seat used on porches or in gardens, which is mounted on a frame so that it may glide forward and backward.

(informal) A rock music song.

Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces

One who rocks something.

(UK) A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.

Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.

A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints.

A rocking horse.

A rocker board.

A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.

A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator.

(engineering) A rock shaft.

(military) A curved line accompanying the chevrons that denote rank, qualifying the rank with a grade.

One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.

One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.

Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.

A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.

A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.

A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.

Same as Rock shaft.

An attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

A performer or composer or fan of rock music

A teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles

A chair mounted on rockers

A trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold

An ice skate with a curved blade

A curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro