The difference between Cradle and Rocker

When used as nouns, cradle means a bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots, whereas rocker means a curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.

Cradle is also verb with the meaning: to contain in or as if in a cradle.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cradle and Rocker

  1. Cradle as a noun:

    A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.

  2. Cradle as a noun (figuratively):

    The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

    Examples:

    "a cradle of crime"

    "the cradle of liberty"

  3. Cradle as a noun (figuratively):

    Infancy, or very early life.

    Examples:

    "from the cradle to the grave"

  4. Cradle as a noun:

    An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.

  5. Cradle as a noun:

    A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

  6. Cradle as a noun:

    A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.

  7. Cradle as a noun:

    A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

  8. Cradle as a noun:

    A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.

  9. Cradle as a noun (mining):

    A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.

  10. Cradle as a noun (mining):

    A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

  11. Cradle as a noun (carpentry):

    A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  12. Cradle as a noun (nautical):

    A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.

    Examples:

    "The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives."

  13. Cradle as a noun:

    A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.

    Examples:

    "He slammed the handset into the cradle."

  14. Cradle as a noun ([[contact juggling]]):

    A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.

  15. Cradle as a noun:

    A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.

  1. Cradle as a verb (transitive):

    To contain in or as if in a cradle.

  2. Cradle as a verb (transitive):

    To rock .

  3. Cradle as a verb (transitive):

    To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.

    Examples:

    "cradling the injured man’s head in her arms"

  4. Cradle as a verb:

    To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.

  5. Cradle as a verb:

    To nurse or train in infancy.

  6. Cradle as a verb (lacrosse):

    To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.

  7. Cradle as a verb:

    To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.

  8. Cradle as a verb:

    To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.

  9. Cradle as a verb:

    To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.

  1. Rocker as a noun:

    A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.

  2. Rocker as a noun:

    A rocking chair.

  3. Rocker as a noun (surfing):

    The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)

    Examples:

    "All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design'' — Bruce Jones [http://www.brucejones.com/longboar.htm]"

  4. Rocker as a noun:

    Someone passionate about rock music.

  5. Rocker as a noun:

    A musician who plays rock music.

  6. Rocker as a noun (informal):

    A rock music song.

  7. Rocker as a noun:

    One who rocks something.

  8. Rocker as a noun (UK):

    A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.

  9. Rocker as a noun:

    Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.

  10. Rocker as a noun:

    A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints.

  11. Rocker as a noun:

    A rocking horse.

  12. Rocker as a noun:

    A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.

  13. Rocker as a noun (engineering):

    A rock shaft.

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