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Crutter vs Chutter - What's the difference?

crutter | chutter |

As nouns the difference between crutter and chutter

is that crutter is a mining worker who drills blasting holes and prepares the blasting charge. A worker who removes blasted rock while chutter is an alarm call used by vervets to warn of the presence of a snake.

As a verb chutter is

to make an alarm call of this kind.

crutter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mining worker who drills blasting holes and prepares the blasting charge. A worker who removes blasted rock.

    • References

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    chutter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alarm call used by vervets to warn of the presence of a snake.
  • * 1985 , Alison Jolly, The Evolution of Primate Behavior (page 75)
    • Vervet monkeys have several different sorts of call, including "leopard alarm barks," "eagle rraups'," and "snake ' chutters " (Struhsaker, 1967).
  • * 1995 , Stanis?aw Puppel, The Biology of Language (page 3)
    • The vervet's main claim to fame, however, lies in its alarm calls, in which it distinguishes between different types of predator: a chutter warns of the presence of a snake; a rraup is uttered when an eagle is spotted; a chirp is used for lions

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make an alarm call of this kind.