Caster vs Wheels - What's the difference?
caster | wheels |
Someone or something that casts
A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of
* a wheel, which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal
* an axle
* a mounting provision, usually a stem, flange, or plate
* (sometimes) a swivel which allows the caster to rotate for steering
A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
(by meronymy) An automobile or other vehicle
:* Like my new wheels ?
:* rolling 18 wheels
(bodybuilding, slang) Well-developed thigh muscles.
* 1999 March 22, “OB205”, "Re: Freakiest Bodybuilder?", misc.fitness.weights, Usenet
* 2004 December 28, Mark Jenkins and Jeff O’Connell, The Jump Off: 60 Days to a Hip-Hop Hard Body , page 76, HarperCollins
* 2006 April 30, Jim Stoppani, Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength , page 131, Human Kinetics Publishers
(wheel)
As nouns the difference between caster and wheels
is that caster is someone or something that casts while wheels is .As a verb wheels is
(wheel).caster
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Alternative forms
* castorNoun
(en noun)- a caster''' of spells; a '''caster of stones
- Many office chairs roll on a set of casters .
- a set of casters
See also
* caster angle * caster sugarAnagrams
*wheels
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Noun
(head) (plural )- Martin: Just for legs, Tom Platz in his heyday has never been approached.
- OB205: I totally agree with this, even to this day no one can beat those WHEELS !
- But Mary J. goes all-out during big leg day, and look at her wheels —toned but very feminine.
- ... try this big wheels program to pack on muscle to your quads and hams.