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Loster vs Looter - What's the difference?

loster | looter |

As an adjective loster

is (nonstandard) (lost).

As a noun looter is

one who loots, who steals during a general disturbance such as a riot or natural disaster.

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
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    • , 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
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    • , 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 }}

    looter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who loots, who steals during a general disturbance such as a riot or natural disaster.
    • After the hurricane, before law was restored, looters stole everything that wasn't nailed down.

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