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Chunter vs Chaunter - What's the difference?

chunter | chaunter |

As a verb chunter

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

As a noun chaunter is

(uk|slang|obsolete) a street seller of ballads and other broadsides.

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)

    chaunter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
  • (colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
  • * Dickens
    • He was a horse chaunter ; he's a leg now.
  • The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.
    • (Webster 1913) ----