Scarfer vs Scarier - What's the difference?
scarfer | scarier |
One who shapes by grinding.
(slang) One who scarfs or guzzles food.
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(UK, slang) An everyday football supporter who is not involved in hooliganism.
* 2006 , Ramn Spaaij, Understanding football hooliganism (page 152)
(scary)
Causing or able to cause fright
(US, colloquial, dated) Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.
* 1916 , Texas Department of Agriculture, Bulletin (issues 47-57), page 150:
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
As a noun scarfer
is one who shapes by grinding.As an adjective scarier is
(scary).scarfer
English
Noun
(en noun)- He worked as a scarfer in a steel mill.
citation
- On the Internet self-identifying Wigan hooligans claimed victory over ICF members, but the latter dismissed these claims since attacking 'scarfers' (non-hooligan supporters) was considered illegitimate.
scarier
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*scary
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)- The tiger's jaws were scary.
- She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.
- (Whittier)
- And let us say to these interests that, until the Buy-It-Made-In-Texas movement co-operates with the farmers, we are going to be a little scary of the snare.