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Chanter vs Chunter - What's the difference?

chanter | chunter |

As a noun chanter

is one who chants or sings.

As a verb chunter is

(british|dialect) to speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.

chanter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who chants or sings
  • A priest who sings in a chantry
  • The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played
  • The hedge sparrow.

    • Anagrams

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    chunter

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British, dialect) To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
  • * 2003 , J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , page 349:
    • Ron continued to chunter under his breath all the way down the street.
  • (British, dialect) To grumble, complain.
  • * 1921 [1999], David Herbert Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia (Penguins Classics), page 74:
    • “Since she had another seat and was quite comfortable, we smiled and let her chunter .”

    References

    * “D. H. Lawrence gave a new lease on life to the verb to chunter'', ‘to mutter, complain’, labelled “''Obs.'' exc. ''dial''”, when he used it in ''Sea and Sardinia'' (1921)’,” ''Languages in Contact and Contrast: Essays in Contact Linguistics , by Vladimir Ivir, Damir Kalogjera, page 411 ( b.g.c link)