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Planter vs Platter - What's the difference?

planter | platter |

As nouns the difference between planter and platter

is that planter is a box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor while platter is a tray for serving foods.

planter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor.
  • (historical) Any of the early English settlers, given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
  • A machine used for planting seeds.
  • A person who plants seeds, either by hand or by machine.
  • The owner of a plantation.
  • Anagrams

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    platter

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tray for serving foods.
  • * 1765 , Oliver Goldsmith,
  • While his lov'd partner boastful of her hoard,
    Displays the cleanly platter on the board;
  • The part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played, commonly made of aluminum, but sometimes of high-impact plastic.
  • See also
    * on a silver platter * silver platter

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who plats/plaits or braids.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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