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Rotter vs Hotter - What's the difference?

rotter | hotter |

As nouns the difference between rotter and hotter

is that rotter is (rot) while hotter is (uk|slang) one who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.

As an adjective hotter is

(hot).

As a verb hotter is

(uk|dialect|north england|dated) to vibrate; to rattle.

rotter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A worthless, despicable person.
  • (British, slang) A scoundrel.
  • (British, slang, journalism) A non-accredited journalist.
  • * {{quote-news, author=Daniel Taylor, title=David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=31 January 2015 citation
    • , passage=pparently it was the fault of Jamie Redknapp and all the other rotters in the media that Diego Costa was suspended and Mourinho, in turn, was applying his own ban.}}

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    hotter

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (hot)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, slang) One who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.
  • * 1992 , David P. Waddington, Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder (page 209)
    • Unable effectively to give chase to the hotters for fear of endangering the lives of pedestrians and motorists, the police had been forced to play a waiting game

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    * hotting

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, dialect, North England, dated) To vibrate; to rattle.
  • * 1833 , Thomas Sopwith, An account of the mining districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale in Cumberland and Durham (page 137)
    • The jolting, hottering motion of the waggon, the splashing of the water, and the dark and narrow passage, all concur to produce a strange effect

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