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Scarer vs Sparer - What's the difference?

scarer | sparer |

As nouns the difference between scarer and sparer

is that scarer is one who, or that which, scares while sparer is one who or that which spares.

As an adjective sparer is

(spare).

scarer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, scares.
  • * 1894 , William Crooke, An Introduction to the Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India
    • The letter from a Raja is spotted with gold-leaf as a preservative, partly to divert the glance of fascination and partly because gold is a scarer of demons...
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 21, author=, title=Letters, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=However, if a child tells a parent that someone “scares me,” it certainly doesn’t seem prudent to tell the alleged scarer what the child has confided to the parent, even if that parent “trusts” the baby sitter at this point. }}

    Synonyms

    * frightener

    Anagrams

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    sparer

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (spare)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which spares.

    • Anagrams

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