Haver vs Hater - What's the difference?
haver | hater |
(British) To hem and haw
* 1988 , , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 154
(Scotland), Usually haiver . To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter; talking nonsense; to babble
* 1988 ,
* 2004 James Campbell, "Boswell and Mrs. Miller", in The Genius of Language (ed. Wendy Lesser), page 194
One who has, possesses etc.
* 1608 ,
One who hates.
(slang, pejorative) One who expresses unfounded or inappropriate hatred or dislike, particularly if motivated by envy.
As nouns the difference between haver and hater
is that haver is the cereal oats while hater is one who hates.As a verb haver
is to hem and haw.haver
English
Etymology 1
.Verb
(en verb)- This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered , he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it.
- And if I haver''', yeah I know I’m gonna be / I’m gonna be the man who’s '''havering to you.
- She havers on about her "faither" and "mirra" and the "wee wean," her child, and "hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby."
Etymology 2
.Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver : if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised.