The difference between Breaker and Wrecker

When used as nouns, breaker means something that breaks, whereas wrecker means a person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts. (australia).


check bellow for the other definitions of Breaker and Wrecker

  1. Breaker as a noun:

    Something that breaks.

  2. Breaker as a noun:

    A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines

  3. Breaker as a noun:

    The building in which such a machine is placed.

  4. Breaker as a noun:

    A person who specializes in breaking things.

  5. Breaker as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):

    A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard

  6. Breaker as a noun (colloquial):

    A breakdancer.

  7. Breaker as a noun:

    A user of CB radio.

  1. Breaker as a noun:

    A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck.

  1. Wrecker as a noun:

    A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts. (Australia)

  2. Wrecker as a noun:

    One who breaks up situations, events.

    Examples:

    "[[home]] wrecker / [[marriage]] wrecker / [[party]] wrecker"

  3. Wrecker as a noun:

    A tow truck.

  4. Wrecker as a noun:

    A mooncusser.

  5. Wrecker as a noun:

    In the Soviet Union, someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking, that is, undermining the state in intangible ways.