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Skater vs Skaiter - What's the difference?

skater | skaiter |

As nouns the difference between skater and skaiter

is that skater is a person who skates while skaiter is , usually referring to an ice skater.

skater

English

(wikipedia skater)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who skates.
  • A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
  • (ice hockey) A player who is not a goaltender.
  • Any of numerous hemipterous insects in the family Gerridae, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

    • Synonyms

    * (in ice hockey) field player * (insect) water strider

    Anagrams

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    skaiter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , usually referring to an ice skater.
  • * 1858 , , Bradbury & Evans, page 66:
    • “Seasonable for Christmas time. You are not a skaiter , I suppose?”