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Fed vs Fer - What's the difference?

fed | fer |

As a proper noun fed

is (us|economics) the federal reserve board or system.

As a noun fer is

(l).

fed

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of federal.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, slang) a federal government officer or official, especially FBI and DEA agents.
  • (UK, slang) a police officer.

    • Synonyms

    * (police officer) see

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (feed)

    • Derived terms

    * fed up

    Anagrams

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms ----

    fer

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
    • , title=, chapter=1 , passage=“[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer' their feet '''fer''' th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' ' fer 'em. […]”}}
  • :1997 , , (w, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) , iv:
  • ::‘Got summat fer yeh here – I mighta sat on it at some point, but it’ll taste all right.’

    • References

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    Anagrams

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