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Rasher vs Brasher - What's the difference?

rasher | brasher |

As adjectives the difference between rasher and brasher

is that rasher is comparative of rash while brasher is comparative of brash.

As a noun rasher

is a strip of bacon.

rasher

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (rash)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strip of bacon.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1892 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , title=The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , chapter=The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb citation , genre= , publisher=Wikisource , isbn= , page= , passage=He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal. }}
  • * 1913 , D.H. Lawrence,
    • He toasted his bacon on a fork and caught the drops of fat on his bread; then he put the rasher on his thick slice of bread, and cut off chunks with a clasp-knife, poured his tea into his saucer, and was happy.

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    brasher

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (brash)

    • brash

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • impetuous or rash
    • (Grose)
  • insensitive or tactless
  • impudent or shameless

    • Noun

  • Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
  • A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
  • (geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
    • (Lyell)
  • Broken fragments of ice.
    • (Kane)
    Derived terms
    * water brash * weaning brash

    Etymology 2

    Compare Amer. (bresk), (brusk), fragile, brittle.

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
    • (Bartlett)
    (Webster 1913) ----