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Deters vs Deers - What's the difference?

deters | deers |

As a verb deters

is third-person singular of deter.

As a noun deers is

plural of lang=en.

As an acronym DEERS is

Defense Enrollment and Eligibility Reporting System.

deters

English

Verb

(head)
  • (deter)
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    deter

    English

    Verb

    (deterr)
  • To prevent something from happening.
  • To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
  • we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise

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    deers

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (dated, or, nonstandard)
  • * 1984 , Justin Wilson, Howard Jacobs, More Cajun Humor , page 79,
  • “Not dem kinda deers , dese de kine wit? antling.”
    She say, “I?m goin? witcha.”
    He say, “I'll be damned, iss not?ing but a dirty ol? men's camp an? you can?t go.”
    Well, she bawled an? squalled and raise some sand, but he went to hont dem deers .
  • * 2001 , William Arnett, Emmer Sewell'', Paul Arnett, William Arnett (editors), ''Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South , Volume 2, page 191,
  • “They there to scare the deers' away from the garden. ' Deers , they slip in here at night and make a mess eating up things,” she says.
  • * 2006 , Phil Bowie, Guns , page 296,
  • “I thought he used to be a hunter or something,” Hardin said.
    “If you call shooting deers in some kind of deer zoo great sport,” Sarah said.
    Usage notes
    Modern usage is likely to be regarded as an error or indicative of nonstandard speech. The standard (irregular) plural is deer. Occasionally used in the sense of more than one species, especially when appearing in combination (such as red deer / red deers).

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