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Grafter vs Graffer - What's the difference?

grafter | graffer |

As nouns the difference between grafter and graffer

is that grafter is one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting while graffer is a graffiti artist.

grafter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.
  • An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
  • The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
  • (slang) Someone who works in market stalls.
  • graffer

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A graffiti artist.
  • * 2007 , Christine Dew, Uncommissioned art: an A-Z of Australian graffiti
  • A wall in neighbouring Clifton Hill is also very chatty, but the messages are the tags, pieces and throw-ups of subway-style graffiti writers, whose conversation is directed to other graffers rather than the general public (above).

    Etymology 2

    Compare greffier.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal, obsolete) A notary or scrivener.
  • (Bouvier)
    (Webster 1913)