Idler vs. Roller — What's the Difference?

A person who avoids work or spends time in an aimless or lazy way.

A cylinder that rotates about a central axis and is used in various machines and devices to move, flatten, or spread something

A pulley that transmits no power but guides or stretches a belt or rope.

A long swelling wave that appears to roll steadily towards the shore

Not employed or busy

Relating to or involving roller skates

Disinclined to work or be active; lazy

A brightly coloured crow-sized bird with predominantly blue plumage, having a characteristic tumbling display flight.

Not in use or operation

A bird of a breed of tumbler pigeon.

(Sports) Not scheduled to play a game

A breed of canary with a trilling song.

Being a period of time in which there is little or no activity

A car made by Rolls-Royce.

Lacking substance, value, or basis

One that rolls or performs a rolling operation or activity.

To pass time without being engaged in purposeful activity

A small spokeless wheel, such as that of a roller skate or caster.

To move slowly or without purpose

An elongated cylinder on which something, such as a window shade or towel, is wound.

To run at a slow speed or out of gear. Used of a motor or motor vehicle.

A heavy revolving cylinder that is used to level, crush, or smooth.

To pass (time) without doing anything

(Printing) A cylinder, usually of hard rubber, used to ink the type before the paper is impressed.

To make or cause to be unemployed or inactive

A cylinder of wire mesh, foam rubber, or other material around which a strand of hair is wound to produce a soft curl or wave.

To cause (a motor, for example) to idle.

A long rolled bandage.

A state of idling. Used of a motor vehicle

A heavy swelling wave that breaks on a coast.

A mechanism for regulating the speed at which an engine runs at rest

A tumbler pigeon.

One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.

Any of various Eurasian, African, or Australian birds of the genera Coracias and Eurystomus, characteristically having bright blue wings, stocky bodies, and hooked bills. They are noted for their habit of rolling and twisting in flight, especially during display flights.

One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.

A breed of canary kept for its soft, trilling song.

Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch

(heading) Anything that rolls.

A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt etc.

Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.

One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.

A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.

One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch.

A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.

An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.

(cricket) A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.

Person who does no work;

A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.

An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.

One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.

A roller towel.

A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.

(cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.

Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.

A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.

The pl=s, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.

A rolling pin

(disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.

A long wide bandage used in surgery.

A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.

(heading) A bird.

A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).

Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.

A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)

A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.

A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.

(slang) A wheelchair user.

(intransitive) To roller skate.

One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.

A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.

One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.

A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; - called also roller towel.

A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them.

A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a map.

A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.

Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.

Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadæ. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight.

Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidæ.

A grounder that rolls along the infield

A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

A small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)

A cylinder that revolves

A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it;

Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers

Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground