Haulier vs. Carrier
Hauliernoun
A person or company engaged in the haulage of goods.
Carriernoun
A person or object that carries someone or something else.
āaircraft carrierā; āarmored personnel carrierā;
Hauliernoun
(mining) A miner who hauls coal from the coalface to the bottom of the shaft.
Carriernoun
A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.
Hauliernoun
a haulage contractor.
Carriernoun
An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").
Hauliernoun
a haulage contractor
Carriernoun
A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
Carriernoun
A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
Carriernoun
A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
Carriernoun
A certified airline.
Carriernoun
(engineering) That which drives or carries.
Carriernoun
A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
Carriernoun
A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
Carriernoun
A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Carriernoun
(chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
Carriernoun
A person or organism that has inherited a genetic trait, mutation or infectious disease, but displays no symptoms.
Carriernoun
charge carrier
Carriernoun
One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
āThe air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.ā;
Carriernoun
One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
āThe roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.ā;
Carriernoun
That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Carriernoun
someone whose employment involves carrying something;
āthe bonds were transmitted by carrierā;
Carriernoun
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something;
ārefrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery businessā;
Carriernoun
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings
Carriernoun
an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
Carriernoun
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
Carriernoun
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
Carriernoun
a man who delivers the mail
Carriernoun
a boy who delivers newspapers
Carriernoun
a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
Carriernoun
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
