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Comforter vs Saver - What's the difference?

comforter | saver |

As a proper noun comforter

is (christianity) the holy spirit, the holy ghost.

As a noun saver is

one who saves.

comforter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let no comforter delight mine ear / But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
  • (US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
  • (old fashioned, mostly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
  • * Popular Science Monthly
    • The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.
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  • (UK, NZ, AU) A pacifier.

    • Synonyms

    * (person who comforts) consoler * (padded bed cover) duvet, (continental) quilt

    Anagrams

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    saver

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who saves.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= End of the peer show , passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}
  • (slang) One who keeps savings more than usual.

    • Derived terms

    * lifesaver

    See also

    These words are easily confused with this one: * savour, savor * saviour, savior

    Anagrams

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