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Tooter vs Pooter - What's the difference?

tooter | pooter |

As nouns the difference between tooter and pooter

is that tooter is a person or device which toots; a person who plays upon a pipe or horn while pooter is a glass jar used for collecting small insects etc; it has two tubes, one (protected by a gauze) which is sucked, the other up which the insect is drawn.

tooter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or device which toots; a person who plays upon a pipe or horn.
  • *1897 , , Captains Courageous , ch. 8,
  • *:"Gimme the tooter ." Dan took the tin dinner-horn, but paused before he blew.
    • (Ben Jonson)

    pooter

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pooter) (en noun)
  • A glass jar used for collecting small insects etc; it has two tubes, one (protected by a gauze) which is sucked, the other up which the insect is drawn