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Lother vs Nother - What's the difference?

lother | nother |

As adjectives the difference between lother and nother

is that lother is (loth) while nother is neither or nother can be different, other.

As a pronoun nother is

neither or nother can be (obsolete) another.

As an adverb nother is

(label) nor.

lother

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (loth)

    • loth

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (UK, rare)
    • I was loth to return to the office without the Henderson file.

    Usage notes

    * Often confused in meaning and pronunciation with loathe. * The loath spelling is about four times more common in the UK and about fifty times more common in the US. * This spelling had more currency in the US in the 19th century, appearing in Webster's 1828 dictionary, but not the 1913 edition.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "loth")

    Derived terms

    * lothly * lothness

    Anagrams

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    nother

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) . Compare (neither), (nauther).

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • Neither.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Neither.

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • (label) Nor.
  • *, Bk.VII:
  • *:Than the quene seydeshe wyst nat how, nother in what manere.

    • Etymology 2

    Variant of , (m), influenced by re-analysis as a nother .

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (obsolete) Another.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Different, other.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2009-10-01 , year= , first= , last= , author=Automotive Editors , authorlink= , title=Long-Term Test Cars , site=Poplar Mechanics citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-03-14 , passage=Executing it all well, with the feel, look and operation of a real luxury car, is a whole nother ball of wax. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2015 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=LT Wolf , title=The World King , chapter= , url= , genre=fiction , publisher= , isbn=978-1-312-37454-6 , page= , passage=He has said elfsheen four nother ways — elfsheen, elfshine, elfshone, elfshyne. }}

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