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Slasher vs Swasher - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between slasher and swasher

is that slasher is one who slashes while swasher is (obsolete) one who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms.

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.

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    * slasher movie

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    swasher

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms.
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