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Hatter vs Hafter - What's the difference?

hatter | hafter |

As nouns the difference between hatter and hafter

is that hatter is a person who makes, sells, or repairs hats while hafter is a caviler; a wrangler.

As a verb hatter

is to tire or worry.

hatter

English

(wikipedia hatter)

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
  • (Australia, slang) A person who lives alone in the bush.
  • * 1892 , Henry Lawson, ''
  • Lonely hut where drought’s eternal, suffocating atmosphere
    Where the God-forgotten hatter dreams of city life and beer.
    Derived terms
    * mad as a hatter
    Synonyms
    * hatmaker * milliner
    See also
    * haberdasher

    Etymology 2

    From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern'', ''verheddern'', ''verhiddern .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To tire or worry.
  • (Dryden)

    Anagrams

    * threat ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

  • ----

    hafter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A caviler; a wrangler.
  • (Baret)
    (Webster 1913)