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Smasher vs Slasher - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between smasher and slasher

is that smasher is something that, or someone who, smashes while slasher is one who slashes.

smasher

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that, or someone who, smashes
  • (slang) An attractive person (see also smashing)
  • (slang, dated) Anything very large or extraordinary; a whopper.
  • (UK, slang, obsolete) One who passes counterfeit coins.

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    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.

    Derived terms

    * slasher movie

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