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Carver vs Carter - What's the difference?

carver | carter |

In lang=en terms the difference between carver and carter

is that carver is a butcher while carter is a person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.

As nouns the difference between carver and carter

is that carver is someone who carves while carter is a person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.

As proper nouns the difference between carver and carter

is that carver is {{surname} while Carter is {{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for someone who was a carter.

carver

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who carves.
  • (dated) A carving knife.
  • (dated) A butcher.
  • An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
  • *2000 , (JG Ballard), Super-Cannes , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 215:
  • *:She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones.

    • Derived terms

    * Carver (surname)

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    carter

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • for someone who was a carter.
  • transferred from the surname.

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