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Banter vs Baiter - What's the difference?

banter | baiter |

As nouns the difference between banter and baiter

is that banter is good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation while baiter is agent noun of bait; one who baits, as with a fishhook.

As a verb banter

is to engage in banter or playful conversation.

banter

English

Noun

(-)
  • Good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
    • It seemed like I'd have to listen to her playful banter for hours.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in banter or playful conversation.
  • To play or do something amusing.
  • To tease (someone) mildly.
  • * Washington Irving
    • Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day.
  • * Charlotte Brontë
    • Mr. Sweeting was bantered about his stature—he was a little man, a mere boy in height and breadth compared with the athletic Malone
  • To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
  • * Chatham
    • If they banter' your regularity, order, and love of study, ' banter in return their neglect of them.
  • To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
  • * Daniel De Foe
    • We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain.
  • (transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.

    • Synonyms

    * (tease) kid, wind up

    Derived terms

    * (l)

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    baiter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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:
    • 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.
  • * 1999 , , The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea , p. 52:
    • 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.
  • * 2005 , Susan R. Playfair, Vanishing Species: Saving the Fish, Sacrificing the Fisherman , p. 65:
    • When baiting the hooks, the baiter also straightens any bent hooks, replaces worn or damaged ganglions or hooks, and untangles snarls in the line
  • (Internet, slang) A troll who deliberately posts aggravating messages on a message board to elicit responses.

    • See also

    * flamer * troll

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