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Garter vs Carter - What's the difference?

garter | carter |

As nouns the difference between garter and carter

is that garter is a band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking while carter is (dated) a person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.

As a verb garter

is to fasten with a garter.

garter

English

(wikipedia garter)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
  • (heraldry) A bendlet.

    • Derived terms

    * garter snake * have someone's guts for garters * Order of the Garter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to fasten with a garter

    • Anagrams

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    carter

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • for someone who was a carter.
  • transferred from the surname.

    • Anagrams

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