The difference between Litter and Stretcher

When used as nouns, litter means a platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol, whereas stretcher means one who, or that which, stretches.

When used as verbs, litter means to drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles), whereas stretcher means to carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.

check bellow for the other definitions of Litter and Stretcher

  1. Litter as a noun (countable):

    A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.

  2. Litter as a noun (collective, countable):

    The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.

  3. Litter as a noun (uncountable):

    Material used as bedding for animals.

  4. Litter as a noun (uncountable):

    Collectively, items discarded on the ground.

  5. Litter as a noun (uncountable):

    Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray

  6. Litter as a noun (uncountable):

    Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.

  7. Litter as a noun:

    A covering of straw for plants.

  1. Litter as a verb (intransitive):

    To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).

  2. Litter as a verb (transitive):

    To scatter carelessly about.

  3. Litter as a verb (transitive):

    To strew (a place) with scattered articles.

  4. Litter as a verb (transitive):

    To give birth to, used of animals.

  5. Litter as a verb (intransitive):

    To produce a litter of young.

  6. Litter as a verb (transitive):

    To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.

  7. Litter as a verb (intransitive):

    To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

  1. Stretcher as a noun:

    One who, or that which, stretches.

  2. Stretcher as a noun:

    A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.

  3. Stretcher as a noun:

    A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.

  4. Stretcher as a noun:

    A device to stretch shoes or gloves.

  5. Stretcher as a noun:

    A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header).

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Gwilt"

  6. Stretcher as a noun (architecture):

    A piece of timber used in building.

  7. Stretcher as a noun (slang):

    A lie; an overstretching of the truth.

  8. Stretcher as a noun (nautical):

    A board against which a rower places his feet.

  9. Stretcher as a noun (nautical):

    A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and gripped.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dana"

  10. Stretcher as a noun:

    One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.

  11. Stretcher as a noun:

    An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.

  12. Stretcher as a noun (obsolete):

    A penis, especially a long penis.

  1. Stretcher as a verb (transitive):

    To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.

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