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Amused vs Amuser - What's the difference?

amused | amuser |

As a verb amused

is (amuse).

As an adjective amused

is pleasurably entertained.

As a noun amuser is

someone who amuses.

amused

English

Verb

(head)
  • (amuse)
    • While waiting for the bus, I amused myself by performing a mime interpretation of the Gettysburg Address.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pleasurably entertained.
    • The children chased one another in a circle in front of their amused parents.
  • Displaying amusement.
  • (usually, with a complement) Enjoying humor aspects (of something).
    • He was amused to note the disarray of his opponents.
    He was very amused by the lyrics.
    She was amused with their antics.
    The entertainers parodied his speech. He was not amused .

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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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