Lover vs Laver - What's the difference?
lover | laver |
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, or girlfriend.
* Shakespeare
A sexual partner.
A person who loves something.
A red alga of the genus Porphyra .
A basin for washing.
* , II.xii:
One who laves; a washer.
That which washes or cleanses.
As nouns the difference between lover and laver
is that lover is one who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, or girlfriend while laver is a red alga of the genus porphyra or laver can be a basin for washing.lover
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal or obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Love is blind, and lovers cannot see / The pretty follies that themselves commit.
- a lover of fine wines
- a lover of his country
- All right, me lover?
Synonyms
* (one who loves and cares) love, love interest, sweetheart, significant other, see also * (sexual partner) See * (person who loves something) connoisseur * (any friend) SeeDerived terms
* lover's lane / lovers' lanelaver
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (see below).Noun
Etymology 2
From (etyl) laveoir, from (etyl) lavatorium. Compare (lavatory).Noun
(en noun)- Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell