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Roister vs Foister - What's the difference?

roister | foister |

As nouns the difference between roister and foister

is that roister is a roisterer while foister is one who foists; a falsifier.

As a verb roister

is to engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behavior.

roister

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behavior.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister ? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'
  • To walk with a swaying motion.

    • Synonyms

    * carouse, revel, riot * (walk with a swaying motion) swagger

    Derived terms

    * roisterer * roisterous * roisterously

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A roisterer.
  • * 1839 , The New Monthly Magazine (page 411)
    • The youth who had joined the roisters , was apparently about eighteen

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    foister

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who foists; a falsifier.

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