Binder vs. Winder — What's the Difference?

One that binds, especially a bookbinder.

One that winds, especially a textile worker or machine that winds cloth or materials.

Something, such as a cord, used to bind.

An object, such as a spool or barrel, around which material is wound.

A notebook cover with rings or clamps for holding sheets of paper.

A device, such as a key, for winding up a spring-driven mechanism.

Something, such as the latex in certain paints, that creates uniform consistency, solidification, or cohesion.

One of the steps of a winding staircase.

A machine that reaps and ties grain.

Variant of window. See Note at holler2.

An attachment on a reaping machine that ties grain in bundles.

To blow (a wind instrument).

A payment or written statement making an agreement legally binding until the completion of a formal insurance contract.

To sound by blowing.

An agreement specifying the terms and conditions of a real estate transaction.

A winding plant.

(Ecology) A plant, such as a ground cover, whose growth retards erosion.

A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth

Someone who binds.

A spool around which something is wound

Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.

A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism

A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.

One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).

Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.

(slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.

(programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.

To fan; to clean grain with a fan.

(computing) A program or routine that attaches malware to an existing harmless file on the target system.

One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.

A dossier.

An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.

(agriculture) A machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle.

One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; - distinguished from flyer.

(chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.

A blow taking away the breath.

(legal) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.

To fan; to clean grain with a fan.

A rubber band.

To wither; to fail.

(LGBT) Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.

A worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)

(molecular biology) A protein binder.

Mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books.

Mechanical device around which something can be wound

Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; - esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building.

A pair of stiff oblong covers, sometimes detachable, designed for insertion of paper pages to create a book-like document, such as in a loose-leaf binder.

A machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves

Something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface

Holds loose papers or magazines

Something used to tie or bind