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Abuser vs Amuser - What's the difference?

abuser | amuser |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between abuser and amuser

is that abuser is (obsolete) one who uses in an illegal or wrongful use while amuser is (obsolete) one who diverts attention, usually to distract or bewilder, often for fraudulent purposes; hence a cheat, deceiver or thief.

As nouns the difference between abuser and amuser

is that abuser is one who abuses someone or something while amuser is someone who amuses.

abuser

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who abuses someone or something.
  • (obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use.

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    amuser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who amuses.
  • (obsolete) One who diverts attention, usually to distract or bewilder, often for fraudulent purposes; hence a cheat, deceiver or thief.
  • One of a class of rogues who carry snuff or dust in their pockets, which they throw into the eyes of people so as to enable their accomplices to rob them while pretending to help them.
  • * 1993 , Stella Cameron; Only by Your Touch , Harpercollins, page 88:
    • He should have knowed better than to tangle with you, Miss Lindsay. Where did you learn to be an amuser , then?
  • * 2002 , various authors, Gangs of New York (film), Miramax Films, Entertainment Film Distributors:
    • BOSS TWEED — No one important, necessarily. Average men will do. Back alley amusers with no affiliations.
  • * 2013 , Michelle Lovric; The Remedy'', Bloomsbury, page 59 :
    • Valentine watches the bunch of amusers close around the politician, the leader already dipping into his pocket for the snuff to fling into the eyes of their victim.

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