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Slaver vs Enslaver - What's the difference?

slaver | enslaver |

As nouns the difference between slaver and enslaver

is that slaver is saliva running from the mouth; drool while enslaver is one that enslaves.

As a verb slaver

is to drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.

slaver

English

Etymology 1

From medieval English slaveren, of Scandinavian origin, akin to or derived from (etyl) slafra "to slaver", probably imitative

Verb

(en verb)
  • To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
  • To fawn.
  • To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
  • To be besmeared with saliva.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Synonyms
    * (emit saliva ): drool, slobber

    Noun

    (-)
  • saliva running from the mouth; drool
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, / It is the slaver kills, and not the bite.

    Etymology 2

    From the verb slave 'enslave, traffic in slaves'

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person engaged in the slave trade
  • white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'
  • (nautical) a ship used to transport slaves

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    enslaver

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One that enslaves
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 30, author=Edward Rothstein, title=Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers . }}