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Beater vs Boater - What's the difference?

beater | boater |

As nouns the difference between beater and boater

is that beater is someone or something that beats while boater is someone who travels by boat.

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

    * * *

    boater

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) Someone who travels by boat.
  • (nautical) One who works on a boat, especially as captain.
  • A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown.

    • Synonyms

    * (one who works on a boat) boatman, boatsman * (straw hat) leghorn, Panama

    See also

    * (Boater)

    Anagrams

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