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Adder vs Badder - What's the difference?

adder | badder |

As a noun adder

is grass snake.

As an adjective badder is

(nonstandard|or|obsolete) (bad); worse.

adder

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) addere, misdivision of naddere, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A snake.
  • A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper; a viper.
  • (chiefly, British) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera . The (common European adder) is the .
  • (US, Canada) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake.
  • The sea-stickleback or adder-fish.
    • Derived terms
    * adder-fish * puff adder

    Etymology 2

    (add).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
  • Something which adds or increases.
    • They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
    Derived terms
    * carry-lookahead adder * carry-save adder * carry-skip adder * full adder * half adder

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    badder

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (nonstandard, or, obsolete) (bad); worse.
    • They demen gladly to the badder ende. — Chaucer.

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