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Badder vs Bladder - What's the difference?

badder | bladder |

As an adjective badder

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

As a noun bladder is

(zoology) a flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.

As a verb bladder is

to swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.

badder

English

Adjective

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

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    bladder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
  • (anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder.
  • (botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
  • The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
  • A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
  • (figurative) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
  • * Rochester
    • to swim with bladders of philosophy

    Synonyms

    * vesica

    Derived terms

    * air bladder * bladdered * bladderpod * bladderwrack * gall bladder * gas bladder * shy bladder * swim bladder * urinary bladder

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
  • To store or put up in bladders.
    • bladdered lard
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