Leaner vs. Leader — What's the Difference?

Not fleshy or fat; thin.

One that leads or guides.

Containing little fat or less fat relative to a standard

One who is in charge or in command of others.

Not productive or prosperous; meager

One who heads a political party or organization.

Containing little excess or waste; spare

One who has influence or power, especially of a political nature.

Thrifty in management, especially by employing just enough people to accomplish a task or do business

A conductor, especially of an orchestra, band, or choral group.

(Metallurgy) Low in mineral contents

The principal performer in an orchestral section or a group.

(Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material

The foremost animal, such as a horse or dog, in a harnessed team.

Meat with little or no fat.

A loss leader.

One who leans, or inclines toward something.

Chiefly British The main editorial in a newspaper.

(horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake

Leaders(Printing) Dots or dashes in a row leading the eye across a page, as in an index entry.

A pipe for conducting liquid.

A short length of fishing line between the main line and the hook.

A blank strip at the end or beginning of a film or tape used in threading or winding.

(Botany) The growing apex or main shoot of a shrub or tree.

An economic indicator.

Any person who leads or directs.

One who goes first.

One having authority to direct.

One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.

A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.

(music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.

The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.

An animal that leads.

The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.

An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs

Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.

Someone or something that leads or conducts.

(botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.

A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.

The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.

(fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.

A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.

An intertitle.

(marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.

(printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.

(fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.

(mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.

(nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

(engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.

(meteorology) The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.

The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.

A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

A person who rules or guides or inspires others

A featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers