Hatter vs Halter - What's the difference?
hatter | halter |
A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
(Australia, slang) A person who lives alone in the bush.
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A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
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To place a halter on.
As nouns the difference between hatter and halter
is that hatter is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc while halter is a bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them or halter can be one who halts or limps; a cripple.As a verb halter is
to place a halter on.hatter
English
(wikipedia hatter)Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- Lonely hut where drought’s eternal, suffocating atmosphere
- Where the God-forgotten hatter dreams of city life and beer.
Derived terms
* mad as a hatterSynonyms
* hatmaker * millinerSee also
* haberdasherEtymology 2
From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern'', ''verheddern'', ''verhiddern .Anagrams
* threat ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Noun
halter
English
(wikipedia halter)Etymology 1
From (etyl) halter, helter, helfter, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- And Crates said, that love was cured with hunger, if not by time; and in him that liked not these two meanes, by the halter .
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Synonyms
* headstall * headpiece * headcollar (British)Verb
- What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?