Slaver vs Slater - What's the difference?
slaver | slater |
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
One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus and allied genera; a sowbug.
As a verb slaver
is to drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.As a noun slaver
is saliva running from the mouth; drool or slaver can be a person engaged in the slave trade.As a proper noun slater is
.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.
