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Baster vs Baiter - What's the difference?

baster | baiter |

As nouns the difference between baster and baiter

is that baster is one who bastes while baiter is agent noun of bait; one who baits, as with a fishhook.

baster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who bastes.
  • A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
  • * 2009 , Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots
    • Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster .

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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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