Haver vs Saver - What's the difference?
haver | saver |
(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 saves.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (slang) One who keeps savings more than usual.
As nouns the difference between haver and saver
is that haver is the cereal oats while saver is one who saves.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.
Synonyms
* holder * possessor ----saver
English
Noun
(en noun)End of the peer show, passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}
