Baiter vs Baxter - What's the difference?
baiter | baxter |
Agent noun of bait; one who baits, as with a fishhook.
* 1853 , Lorenzo Sabine, Thomas Corwin, Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas , p. 183:
* 1999 , , The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea , p. 52:
* 2005 , Susan R. Playfair, Vanishing Species: Saving the Fish, Sacrificing the Fisherman , p. 65:
(Internet, slang) A troll who deliberately posts aggravating messages on a message board to elicit responses.
originating in northern England and in Scotland, a variant of Baker.
transferred from the surname.
As nouns the difference between baiter and baxter
is that baiter is agent noun of bait; one who baits, as with a fishhook while baxter is (obsolete|uk|scotland) a baker; originally, a female baker.baiter
English
Noun
(en noun)- The baiter stands amidships, with the bait-box outside the rail: with a tin pint nailed to a long handle he begins throwing out bait, while every man stands to his berth.
- The hook is easily big enough to pass through a man's hand, and if it catches some part of the baiter' s body or clothing, he goes over the side with it.
- When baiting the hooks, the baiter also straightens any bent hooks, replaces worn or damaged ganglions or hooks, and untangles snarls in the line