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Dancer vs Dander - What's the difference?

dancer | dander |

As nouns the difference between dancer and dander

is that dancer is a person who dances or performs (a) dance(s), usually as a job or profession while dander is dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.

As a verb dander is

to wander about.

dancer

English

Alternative forms

* dauncer (obsolete) * dawncer (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who dances or performs (a) dance(s), usually as a job or profession.
  • (euphemistic) A stripper.
  • Derived terms

    * ballet dancer * gogo-dancer * pole-dancer

    Synonyms

    * (euphemism for stripper) exotic dancer

    Anagrams

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    dander

    English

    (wikipedia dander)

    Etymology 1

    Alteration of dandruff

    Noun

    (-)
  • Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
  • Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
  • Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
  • Etymology 2

    (en)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
  • He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized.
    She has her dander up every day about discrimination against women.

    See also

    * knee-jerk (Passion, temper, anger)

    Etymology 3

    Alteration of dandle or daddle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wander about.
  • * , Episode 16
  • So as neither of them were particularly pressed for time, as it happened, and the temperature refreshing since it cleared up after the recent visitation of Jupiter Pluvius, they dandered along past by where the empty vehicle was waiting without a fare or a jarvey
  • To maunder, to talk incoherently.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Anagrams

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