Excavator vs. Bulldozer

A person who excavates.

A curette used to scrape out pathological material.

A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc; a backhoe; digger.

One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.

a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying

a machine for excavating

a person who excavates an archaeological site.

a large machine for digging and moving earth.

Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the . The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels.

Example: ‘house’;

A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.

One who bulldozes.

A member of a self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents.

(by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual.

To bulldoze (push through forcefully).

One who bulldozes.

large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground

a powerful track-laying tractor with caterpillar tracks and a broad curved upright blade at the front for clearing ground.

a person or group exercising irresistible force, especially in disposing of opposition

Example: ‘the new Duke was a political bulldozer’;

A bulldozer or dozer (also called a crawler) is a large, motorized machine that travels on continuous tracks or large tires and is equipped with a metal blade to the front for pushing material: soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock during construction or conversion work. When needed, a hook-like device (termed a ripper) can be mounted on the rear to loosen dense materials.