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Snotter vs Slotter - What's the difference?

snotter | slotter |

As nouns the difference between snotter and slotter

is that snotter is a rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat while slotter is agent noun of slot; someone or something that slots.

As a verb snotter

is to snivel; to cry or whine.

snotter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To snivel; to cry or whine.
    • (Grose)
    (Webster 1913)

    slotter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of slot; someone or something that slots.
  • (engineering) A tool used to make a mortise, or to shape the sides of an aperture.