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Shorter vs Sporter - What's the difference?

shorter | sporter |

As nouns the difference between shorter and sporter

is that shorter is (colloquial) a short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling while sporter is someone who sports something.

As an adjective shorter

is (short).

shorter

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (short).
    • There are two routes to get there. We're in a rush so we'll take the shorter one.

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.

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    sporter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who sports something
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 8, David Colman, Inching Its Way Back Onto the Lip, New York Times citation
    • , passage=But today, the mustache cannot shake its ties to the sexy-yet-buffoonish machismo of the mid-1970s, epitomized by Burt Reynolds, Sam Elliott and the Village People, 'stache sporters all. }}

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