Carrier vs. Career
Carriernoun
A person or object that carries someone or something else.
Carriernoun
A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.
Carriernoun
An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").
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.
Carriernoun
One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
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;
Carriernoun
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something;
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
Careernoun
One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.
Careernoun
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
Careernoun
(archaic) speed
Careernoun
A jouster's path during a joust.
Careernoun
(obsolete) A short gallop of a horse.
Careernoun
(falconry) The flight of a hawk.
Careernoun
(obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.
Careerverb
To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
Careernoun
A race course: the ground run over.
Careernoun
A running; full speed; a rapid course.
Careernoun
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier.
Careernoun
The flight of a hawk.
Careerverb
To move or run rapidly.
Careernoun
the particular occupation for which you are trained
Careernoun
the general progression of your working or professional life;
Careerverb
move headlong at high speed;
Careernoun
an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress
Careernoun
the time spent by a person in a career
Careernoun
the progress through history of an institution, organization, etc.
Careernoun
working permanently in or committed to a particular profession
Careernoun
(of a woman) interested in pursuing a profession rather than devoting all her time to childcare and housekeeping
Careerverb
move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way
Career
The career is an individual's metaphorical through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define career and the term is used in a variety of ways.
