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Shifter vs Shitter - What's the difference?

shifter | shitter |

As nouns the difference between shifter and shitter

is that shifter is one who, or that which, shifts or changes while shitter is (slang|vulgar) agent noun of shit; one who shits.

As an adjective shitter is

(shit).

shifter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
  • (dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
    • 'Twas such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down. — Milton.
  • (nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
  • (engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
  • (engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
  • (cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
  • A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
    • (Webster 1913) English agent nouns

    shitter

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, vulgar) Agent noun of shit; one who shits.
  • (slang, vulgar) The toilet; the bathroom or water closet.
    • Hold on, I gotta use the shitter .
  • (slang, vulgar, British) The anus.
  • * 2006 , Dominic Lavin, Last Seen in Bangkok (page 159)
    • Dave commented on the statue that had grabbed the pair's attention when they'd arrived, saying how quaint it looked, then capped off his comment with, “D'you reckon that receptionist takes it up the shitter ?”
    Synonyms
    * , * (anus) pooper (US),

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (shit)
  • * James Skelly, quoted in Doug Levy, “Artist Spotlight: ”, in CMJ New Music Report , ISSN 0890-0795, Volume 74, Number 797 (2003 January 20), page 21:
    • Text sex is even shitter .
  • * Simon Raven, quoted in Simon Raven and Chris Raven, Living the Linger , Samosir Books Limited (2005), ISBN 978-0-9548842-0-8, page 170:
    • Even shitter !
  • * 2005 , Steve Morris, Pod and the Sexy Dream Club , Troubador Publishing Ltd, ISBN 978-1-904744-26-9, page 49:
    • Our university may have been shit on University Challenge, and even shitter at any kind of sport, but for a good political bit of head kicking we were unbeatable.

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