The difference between Rafter and Timber

Rafter as a noun:

One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

Rafter as a noun:

flock of turkeys

Rafter as a verb (transitive):

To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.

Rafter as a verb (transitive):

To furnish (a building) with rafters.

Rafter as a verb (UK, agriculture):

To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.

Rafter as a noun:

A raftsman.

Timber as a noun (uncountable):

Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

Timber as a noun (outside, North America, uncountable):

Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

Timber as a noun (countable):

A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.

Timber as a noun:

Material for any structure.

Timber as a noun (firearms, informal):

The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.

Timber as a noun (archaic):

A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.

Timber as a verb (transitive):

To fit with timbers.

Timber as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To construct, frame, build.

Timber as a verb (falconry, intransitive):

To light or land on a tree.

Timber as a verb (obsolete):

To make a nest.

Timber as a verb (transitive):

To surmount as a timber does.

Timber as a noun: