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Lother vs Pother - What's the difference?

lother | pother |

As an adjective lother

is (loth).

As a noun pother is

a commotion, a tempest.

As a verb pother is

to make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.

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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    pother

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A commotion, a tempest.
  • * 1605 , William Shakespeare, King Lear III.ii:
    • Let the great gods, / That keep this dreadful pother o’er our heads, / Find out their enemies now.
  • *1941 , Lewiston Morning Tribune, 14th of May:
    • (name of the article) Flight Of Hess Causes Pother Among Germans

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.

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