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Loiter vs Lofter - What's the difference?

loiter | lofter |

As a verb loiter

is to stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around.

As a noun lofter is

(label) an obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick.

loiter

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around.
    • For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.
  • * {{quote-news, author=Daniel Taylor, title=David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=31 January 2015 citation
    • , passage=Agüero, as usual, was loitering with intent and swung his left foot at the ball. The shot was going wide but Silva was there to apply the decisive touch inside the six-yard area.}}

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    lofter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) An obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=Miss Thorn began digging up the turf with her lofter : it was a painful moment for me. ¶ “You might at least have tried me, Mrs. Cooke,” I said.}}

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