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Altered vs Haltered - What's the difference?

altered | haltered |

As verbs the difference between altered and haltered

is that altered is (alter) while haltered is (halter).

As a noun altered

is a kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.

altered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (alter)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.
  • Anagrams

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    haltered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (halter)
  • Anagrams

    *

    halter

    English

    (wikipedia halter)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) halter, helter, helfter, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
  • A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
  • *, II.12:
  • And Crates said, that love was cured with hunger, if not by time; and in him that liked not these two meanes, by the halter .
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  • A woman's garment covering the upper chest, a halter top.
  • Synonyms
    * headstall * headpiece * headcollar (British)

    Verb

  • To place a halter on.
  • What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who halts or limps; a cripple.
  • Anagrams

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