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Porter vs Ported - What's the difference?

porter | ported |

As verbs the difference between porter and ported

is that porter is to serve as a porter, to carry while ported is past tense of port.

As a noun porter

is a person who carries luggage and related objects.

As a proper noun Porter

is {{surname}.

As an adjective ported is

having gates.

porter

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) portour, from (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who carries luggage and related objects.
    • By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) portour, from (etyl) portier, from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person in control of the entrance to a building.
  • In the bowling industry, an employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
  • A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters, similar to a stout but less strong.
  • (Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
  • (computing) One who ports software (converts it to another platform).
    • Coordinate terms
    * beer, stout

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to serve as a porter, to carry.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    ported

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (port)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Having gates.
    • We took the sevenfold-ported Thebes. — Chapman.
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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