Slaver vs Slabber - What's the difference?
slaver | slabber |
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
To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber.
* Arbuthnot
To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul.
* Tusser
In intransitive terms the difference between slaver and slabber
is that slaver is to fawn while slabber is to let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.In transitive terms the difference between slaver and slabber
is that slaver is to smear with saliva issuing from the mouth while slabber is to cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul.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
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* * * * * * English heteronyms ----slabber
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) slaberen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)- He slabbered me over, from cheek to cheek, with his great tongue.
- The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost / That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost.