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Fresher vs Freshen - What's the difference?

fresher | freshen |

As an adjective fresher

is comparative of fresh.

As a noun fresher

is a freshman.

As a verb freshen is

to become fresh.

fresher

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (fresh)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A freshman.
  • (Indian) A fresh graduate looking for his or her first job.
  • Usage notes

    Fresher' is much more commonly used than ' freshman in the UK.

    Anagrams

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    freshen

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become fresh.
  • I'm going to go freshen up.
  • To make fresh.
  • *
  • So go and freshen' yourself up, Amy; go and ' freshen yourself up, like a good girl.
  • (of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving.
  • * 1919 January, in The Chenango County Farm Bureau News , volume 5, number 1, page 7:
  • For Sale—Three registered holstein cows. Due to freshen the first of Jan. February and March. Prices that will sell. Age three and five years. Eugune Gibson, Smyrna.
  • To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
  • to freshen water, fish, or flesh
  • To refresh; to revive.
  • (Spenser)
  • (nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
  • to freshen a hawse
    (Totten)
  • To top up (a drink).
  • English ergative verbs