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Gadder vs Adder - What's the difference?

gadder | adder |

As nouns the difference between gadder and adder

is that gadder is one who roves about idly, a rambling gossip while adder is grass snake.

gadder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
  • (obsolete) A drilling or perforating machine or apparatus for mining and mineral exploration.

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    adder

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) addere, misdivision of naddere, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A snake.
  • A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper; a viper.
  • (chiefly, British) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera . The (common European adder) is the .
  • (US, Canada) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake.
  • The sea-stickleback or adder-fish.
    • Derived terms
    * adder-fish * puff adder

    Etymology 2

    (add).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
  • Something which adds or increases.
    • They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
    Derived terms
    * carry-lookahead adder * carry-save adder * carry-skip adder * full adder * half adder

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