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Caster vs Coster - What's the difference?

caster | coster |

As nouns the difference between caster and coster

is that caster is someone or something that casts while coster is costermonger.

caster

English

Alternative forms

* castor

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that casts
    • a caster''' of spells; a '''caster of stones
  • A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of
  • * a wheel, which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal
  • * an axle
  • * a mounting provision, usually a stem, flange, or plate
  • * (sometimes) a swivel which allows the caster to rotate for steering
    • Many office chairs roll on a set of casters .
  • A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
    • a set of casters
  • A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.

    • See also

    * caster angle * caster sugar

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    coster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • costermonger
  • *, chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}

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