Courser vs Courter - What's the difference?

courser | courter |


As nouns the difference between courser and courter

is that courser is a dog used for coursing while courter is one who courts; one who plays the lover, or solicits in marriage.

Other Comparisons: What's the difference?

courser

English

(wikipedia courser) (Cursorius)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dog used for coursing.
  • A person who practises coursing.
  • A hunter.
  • A stone used in building a course.
  • A racehorse or a charger.
  • Any of several species of bird in the genus Cursorius of the family Glareolidae.

    • Derived terms

    * bronze-winged courser, Rhinoptilus chalcopterus * Burchell's courser, Cursorius rufus * cream-coloured courser, Cursorius cursor * double-banded courser, Rhinoptilus africanus * Indian courser, Cursorius coromandelicus * Jerdon's courser, Rhinoptilus bitorquatus * Somali courser, Cursorius somalensis * Temminck's courser, Cursorius temminckii * three-banded courser, Rhinoptilus cinctus

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Anagrams

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    courter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who courts; one who plays the lover, or solicits in marriage.
    • (Sherwood)
    (Webster 1913)