Bedaub vs Slaver - What's the difference?
bedaub | slaver |
To smear upon; to soil.
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To ornament garishly; to overdecorate.
To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
To fawn.
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
To be besmeared with saliva.
saliva running from the mouth; drool
* Alexander Pope
a person engaged in the slave trade
white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'
(nautical) a ship used to transport slaves
In lang=en terms the difference between bedaub and slaver
is that bedaub is to ornament garishly; to overdecorate while slaver is to smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.As verbs the difference between bedaub and slaver
is that bedaub is to smear upon; to soil while slaver is to drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.As a noun slaver is
saliva running from the mouth; drool or slaver can be a person engaged in the slave trade.bedaub
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, genre= , publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press , isbn=9780807832868 , page=18 , passage=In this 6 mile we Crosst several miring branches in which we were all terribly bedaubed … Having almost spent the day in this toilsome tho short Journey. }}
Anagrams
*slaver
English
Etymology 1
From medieval English slaveren, of Scandinavian origin, akin to or derived from (etyl) slafra "to slaver", probably imitativeVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (emit saliva ): drool, slobberNoun
(-)- Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, / It is the slaver kills, and not the bite.