Ratter vs Rafter - What's the difference?

ratter | rafter |


As nouns the difference between ratter and rafter

is that ratter is anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them; a rat terrier while rafter is one of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

As a verb rafter is

to make (timber, etc.) into rafters.

Other Comparisons: What's the difference?

ratter

English

Alternative forms

* rattener (rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them; a rat terrier.
  • One who rats; a traitor; a deserter.

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    rafter

    English

    Etymology 1

    Old English . Cognate with "raft".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
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    • the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters ,
  • flock of turkeys

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
  • To furnish (a building) with rafters.
  • (UK, agriculture) To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.
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    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A raftsman.

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