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Boet vs Poet - What's the difference?

boet | poet |

As nouns the difference between boet and poet

is that boet is (south africa|informal) a brother, often prefixed informally to a man’s first name while poet is (rare|or|archaic).

boet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (South Africa, informal) A brother, often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
  • (South Africa, informal) As a familiar form of address: pal, mate.

    • References

    * OED Draft Entry December 2004 ----

    poet

    English

    (wikipedia poet)

    Alternative forms

    * (rare or archaic) * poete (rare or archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who writes poems.

    • Derived terms

    * poetaster * poetess

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Hyponyms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

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