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Pesters vs Festers - What's the difference?

pesters | festers |

As verbs the difference between pesters and festers

is that pesters is third-person singular of pester while festers is third-person singular of fester.

pesters

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pester)

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    pester

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pestre (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bother, harass or annoy persistently.

    • Synonyms

    * badger * bug * hound

    Related terms

    * pest * pester power * pestery

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    festers

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fester)
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    fester

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become septic; to become rotten.
  • * Milton
    • Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
  • To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
    • Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
  • * Macaulay
    • Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
  • To cause to fester or rankle.
  • * Marston
    • For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.

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