Basher vs Rasher - What's the difference?
basher | rasher |
One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
One who engages in gratuitous physical or verbal attacks on a group or type of people.
(UK, slang) A trainspotter. [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups/search?q=%22bashers%22+uk+railway&btnG=Search&sitesearch=groups.google.com]
(rash)
A strip of bacon.
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As nouns the difference between basher and rasher
is that basher is one who bashes something, figuratively or literally while rasher is a strip of bacon.As an adjective rasher is
comparative of rash.basher
English
Noun
(en noun)- He was beaten up by a queer -basher.
- a Paki-basher
Derived terms
* Bible basherAnagrams
*rasher
English
Adjective
(head)Noun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher=Wikisource , isbn= , page= , passage=He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal. }}
- He toasted his bacon on a fork and caught the drops of fat on his bread; then he put the rasher on his thick slice of bread, and cut off chunks with a clasp-knife, poured his tea into his saucer, and was happy.