The difference between Camper and Trailer

When used as nouns, camper means a person who camps, especially in a tent etc, whereas trailer means someone who or something that trails.


Trailer is also verb with the meaning: to load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.

check bellow for the other definitions of Camper and Trailer

  1. Camper as a noun:

    A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

    Examples:

    "There were thousands of campers at the music festival."

  2. Camper as a noun:

    A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.

  3. Camper as a noun (video games):

    A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.

  1. Camper as an adjective:

  1. Trailer as a noun:

    Someone who or something that trails.

  2. Trailer as a noun:

    Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: appendage attachment appendix extension extrusion"

    "the trailer of a plant"

  3. Trailer as a noun:

    An unpowered wheeled vehicle, not a caravan or camper, that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.

    Examples:

    "At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer."

  4. Trailer as a noun (US):

    A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.

    Examples:

    "We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park."

  5. Trailer as a noun (US):

    A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination, but typically is permanently left in an area designated for such homes.

    Examples:

    "The young couple′s first home was in a trailer."

  6. Trailer as a noun (chiefly, US, media):

    A preview of a film, video game or TV show.

    Examples:

    "The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun."

  7. Trailer as a noun:

    A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.

  8. Trailer as a noun (computing):

    The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.

    Examples:

    "The linked list terminates with a trailer record."

  9. Trailer as a noun (networking):

    The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.

    Examples:

    "The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet."

  1. Trailer as a verb:

    To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.

    Examples:

    "The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard."