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Sharper vs Shaver - What's the difference?

sharper | shaver |

As nouns the difference between sharper and shaver

is that sharper is a swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating while shaver is one who shaves.

As an adjective sharper

is comparative of sharp.

sharper

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (sharp)
  • Noun

    (wikipedia sharper) (en noun)
  • (dated) a swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.
  • Synonyms

    * chiseler * spiv

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    shaver

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who shaves.
  • A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
  • A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
  • (slang, obsolete) One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
  • (Jonathan Swift)
  • One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
  • * Knolles
  • By these shavers the Turks were stripped.
  • (colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
  • * Charles Dickens
  • As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver , I am on a chase in the name of the king.

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