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Monger vs Butcher - What's the difference?

monger | butcher |

As nouns the difference between monger and butcher

is that monger is a dealer in a specific commodity, normally used in combination while butcher is a person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).

As verbs the difference between monger and butcher

is that monger is to sell or peddle something while butcher is to slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.

As a proper noun Butcher is

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monger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dealer in a specific commodity, normally used in combination
    • costermonger, fishmonger, ironmonger
  • A person promoting something undesirable, always used in combination
    • warmonger, sleazemonger
  • A small merchant vessel.
    • (Blount)

    Derived terms

    * airmonger * apple-monger * ballad-monger, balladmonger * barbermonger * bookmonger * boroughmonger * carpet-monger, carpetmonger * ceremony-monger * cheesemonger * cockmonger * corn-monger * costermonger * deathmonger * defeatmonger * eirmonger * fancymonger * fashion-monger, fashionmonger * fellmonger * fishmonger * flashmonger * fleshmonger * fruitmonger * foolmonger * gossipmonger * grievance-monger * hatemonger * haymonger * horsemonger * ideamonger * ironmonger * jobmonger * lawmonger * lease-monger * Lightmonger * loanmonger * lovemonger * mass-monger * maxim-monger * meal-monger * merit-monger * miracle-monger * money-monger * mongering * -mongery * muck-monger * murdermonger * mutton-monger * mystery-monger * newsmonger * nostrum-monger * panic-monger, panicmonger * pardon-monger * peacemonger * pearmonger * peltmonger * phrase-monger, phrasemonger * place-monger, placemonger * pleasuremonger * prophecy-monger * pupil-monger * questmonger * relic-monger * rule-monger * rumormonger, rumourmonger * scandal-monger, scandalmonger * scaremonger * spoilsmonger * starmonger * statemonger * system-monger * versemonger * warmonger * whoremonger * witchmonger * wit-monger * wonder-monger * woodmonger * wordmonger

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British) To sell or peddle something

    • Anagrams

    *

    butcher

    English

    (wikipedia butcher)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
  • * 1900', , Chapter I,
    • He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days...
  • (by extension) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Butcher of an innocent child.
  • (Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
  • (informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * * butcher's hook * pork butcher

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
  • To kill brutally.
  • To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
    • The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".

    Synonyms

    * kill, slaughter * (kill brutally) massacre, slay * murder