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Beater vs Biter - What's the difference?

beater | biter |

As nouns the difference between beater and biter

is that beater is someone or something that beats or beater can be (us|informal) a sleeveless undershirt while biter is agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites.

beater

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that beats.
  • A kitchen implement for mixing.
  • A stick used to play a percussion instrument.
  • A man who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, often working in a group.
  • A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
  • (US, informal) An automobile in poor operating condition.
    • Derived terms
    * eggbeater * world-beater
    Synonyms
    * (stick for a percussion instrument) drum stick

    Etymology 2

    By shortening from wife beater.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, informal) A sleeveless undershirt.

    • Anagrams

    * * *

    biter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites.
    • Not all dogs are biters .
  • (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
  • (slang) One who plagiarizes.

    • Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----