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Dexter vs Dexterity - What's the difference?

dexter | dexterity |

As a proper noun dexter

is for a female dyer.

As a noun dexterity is

skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.

dexter

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Right; on the right-hand side.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1887 , title = Crimes of Christianity , author = (George William Foote) , coauthors = J. M. Wheeler , location = London , publisher = Progressive Publishing , passage = Displaying his dexter palm, he exclaimed that there was a hand that never took a bribe; whereupon a smart auditor cried "How about the one behind your back?" }}
  • * 1911 , (Saki), ‘The Match-Maker’, The Chronicles of Clovis :
    • Clovis wiped the trace of Turkish coffee and the beginnings of a smile from his lips, and slowly lowered his dexter eyelid.
    (right) * German: , (t) (trans-mid) * Portuguese: (trans-bottom)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (heraldry) The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
  • right hand

    • See also

    * sinister ----

    dexterity

    English

    Noun

  • Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.}}
    Playing computer games can improve your manual dexterity .
    She twirled the pencil through her fingers with impressive dexterity .
  • (label) Skill in using weapons.

    • Related terms

    * dexterous * ambidextrous