Slaver vs Laver - What's the difference?
slaver | laver |
To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
To fawn.
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
To be besmeared with saliva.
saliva running from the mouth; drool
* Alexander Pope
a person engaged in the slave trade
white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'
(nautical) a ship used to transport slaves
A red alga of the genus Porphyra .
A basin for washing.
* , II.xii:
One who laves; a washer.
That which washes or cleanses.
As nouns the difference between slaver and laver
is that slaver is saliva running from the mouth; drool or slaver can be a person engaged in the slave trade while laver is a red alga of the genus porphyra or laver can be a basin for washing.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 imitativeVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (emit saliva ): drool, slobberNoun
(-)- 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)References
* *Anagrams
* * * * * * English heteronyms ----laver
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (see below).Noun
Etymology 2
From (etyl) laveoir, from (etyl) lavatorium. Compare (lavatory).Noun
(en noun)- Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell