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Bummer vs Downer - What's the difference?

bummer | downer |

As nouns the difference between bummer and downer

is that bummer is (obsolete) a forager especially in sherman's march to the sea of november to december 1864 or bummer can be a disappointment, a pity, a shame or bummer can be (british|slang|uncommon) homosexual male while downer is downer (drug).

As an adjective bummer

is (bum).

As an interjection bummer

is exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).

bummer

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A forager especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
  • (US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
  • A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
    • Derived terms
    * (noun)

    Etymology 2

    From bum + .

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (bum)

    • Etymology 3

    From bum + .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
    • That's a total bummer .
    Related terms
    * bum out

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).

    • Etymology 4

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang, uncommon) homosexual male

    • downer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A negative drug trip.
    • Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer
  • A drug that has depressant qualities.
  • Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy
  • * 2009 , (Spike Jonze),
    • You don't really need to know me. I'm kind of a downer .

    Descendants

    * (l)

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