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Slasher vs Lasher - What's the difference?

slasher | lasher |

As nouns the difference between slasher and lasher

is that slasher is one who slashes while lasher is one who whips or lashes.

slasher

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who slashes.
  • A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
  • (informal, film) A horror movie with graphic blood and violence.
  • One who self-injures by cutting.
  • A tool for cutting undergrowth.
  • * 1992 , Melvin R Lansky, Fathers who Fail
    • an overdoser, binge drinker, slasher , or sexually impulsive person, is found to act impulsively following some sort of change in a relationship.

    Derived terms

    * slasher movie

    Anagrams

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    lasher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who whips or lashes.
  • A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another.
  • (UK) A weir in a river.
    • (Charles Kingsley)
    (Halliwell)

    Synonyms

    * (rope for binding) lashing