Timeline for What is a word for "one who solves problems with physicality"?
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| Nov 12, 2014 at 12:44 | comment | added | TimR | The distinction I had in mind was "decisive action" versus "let's-see-what-this-does" action" :-) | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 19:58 | comment | added | burfl | I don't see the difference between the two. Turning knobs without thinking is taking action, is it not? Also, I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head with your answer, other than gender-neutrality. That's why I accepted "doer". | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 19:54 | comment | added | TimR | Perhaps you could enlarge upon what you mean by "physicality". Taking action versus deep thinking? Or someone who doesn't bother to read the instructions and starts plugging things in and turning knobs and screws right away? | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 19:33 | answer | added | M D Jones | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 19:29 | answer | added | TimR | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 19:16 | vote | accept | burfl | ||
| Nov 11, 2014 at 19:11 | answer | added | Alo | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 19:11 | comment | added | Barmar | The fact that no one can think of what you're looking for easily suggests that, if there is such a word, it's not common. English allows adjectives to be used as nouns in many cases, that's how we fill in these gaps. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 19:08 | comment | added | CowperKettle | How about "a muscles person" vs. "a brains person"? | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 18:47 | comment | added | weakphoneme | Would "mason" fit in. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 18:27 | comment | added | burfl | I'm not necessarily looking for an obscure or difficult word. Would you say that virtuoso is an obscure word? What about pugilist? These are very specific nouns and to my knowledge, they haven't destroyed our ability to confer meaning to one another. I would argue, rather, that they have enhanced it. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 18:21 | comment | added | Oldcat | The danger of requiring us to find an obscure noun, even if it exists is that no one will understand what you are talking about when you use it. If I state that "Abyginstanic" means exactly what you want, it remains useless to you to communicate with others. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 18:19 | comment | added | Joe Dark | Hands-On is all I can think of. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 18:18 | history | edited | burfl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2014 at 18:14 | answer | added | Oldcat | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 18:07 | answer | added | Isabel Haber | timeline score: -1 | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 17:55 | history | asked | burfl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |