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Lister vs Loster - What's the difference?

lister | loster |

As a proper noun lister

is .

As an adjective loster is

(nonstandard) (lost).

lister

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

* leister (fish spear)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
  • * 1984 , John C. Nash, Effective scientific problem solving with small computers (page 113)
    • A good program lister is helpful here, since many language processors allow multi-statement lines. For BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and similar languages, the lister can split multi-statement lines, ensure there are blanks between keywords
  • A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
    • Related terms
    * list * listing

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    loster

    English

    Adjective

  • (nonstandard) (lost)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , title= , last=Bellow , first=Saul , authorlink=Saul Bellow , year=1975 , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=r0bFQu7Y6SIC&lpg=PA24&dq=loster%20bellow&pg=PA24
  • v=onepage&q=loster%20bellow&f=false
    • , publisher=Viking }}
    Perhaps, being lost, one should get loster ; being very late for an appointment, it might be best to walk slower, as one of my beloved Russian writers advised.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year=2006 , month=April , magazine=American Motorcyclist , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=q_UDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA41&dq=loster&pg=PA41
  • v=onepage&q=loster&f=false
    • , page=41 }}
    You can get loster , faster!
  • * {{quote-book
    • , title=Signspotting III: Lost and Loster in Translation , last=Lansky , first=Doug , year=2009 , publisher=Penguin , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=oWQ_ucH5mOQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=loster&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EYZ1UcuvFNKy0QH5g4G4Cg&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAQ , page=title }}