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Lathers vs Bathers - What's the difference?

lathers | bathers |

As a verb lathers

is (lather).

As a noun bathers is

.

lathers

English

Verb

(head)
  • (lather)

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    lather

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lather, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

  • The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
  • Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
  • A state of agitation.
    • Derived terms
    * in a lather * lathery

    Etymology 2

    Frm (etyl) . See above.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with lather.
  • To beat or whip.
  • To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.
    • Derived terms
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    bathers

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (Australia) A swimsuit; a bathing costume.
  • * 2001 , Laurene Kelly, The Crowded Beach , page 10,
    • The bathers they wore looked sort of the same as now, but their hair was really different.
  • * 2008 , Lyn Aldred, Neptune's Fingers , page 10,
    • No one here wore bathers . Both boys wore their homemade underpants, the brand name, ‘Sydney Flour’, emblazoned across the back, as old flour bags were not wasted, but recycled.
  • * 2009 , Jacqueline Ann Wharton, Freedom Through Adversity: Ten Steps to Overcoming a Troubled Mind , page 69,
    • I was looking at a pair of bathers' to buy and talking about the life of the ' bathers and how to extend their life.

    Synonyms

    (swimsuit) budgie smugglers, Speedos

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