Otter vs Outer - What's the difference?
otter | outer |
Any aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal, member of the family Mustelidae , which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
(gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more broadly set
Outside; external.
Farther from the centre of the inside.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 An outer part.
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The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bullseye.
A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
(wholesale trade) the smallest single unit normally sold to retailers, usually equal to one retail display box.
Someone who admits to something publicly.
Someone who outs another.
One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
An ouster; dispossession.
As a proper noun otter
is a river whose source in the blackdown hills, somerset, and which flows into lyme bay in english channel.As an adjective outer is
outside; external.As a noun outer is
an outer part or outer can be someone who admits to something publicly.otter
English
(wikipedia otter)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More etymology under English water.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* otterless * otterish * otterlike * ottery * sea otterEtymology 2
Anagrams
* ----outer
English
Etymology 1
Comparative of out by analogy with inner.Adjective
citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}
Antonyms
* innerNoun
(en noun)- We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.