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Wafter vs Wanter - What's the difference?

wafter | wanter |

As nouns the difference between wafter and wanter

is that wafter is armed convoy or escort ship while wanter is one who wants, or who wants something.

As a verb wanter is

eye dialect of want to.

wafter

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of (etyl) waughter'', from (etyl) or (etyl) ''wachter'' (a guard), from ''wachten (to guard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Armed convoy or escort ship
  • (obsolete) An agent of the Crown with responsibility for protecting specific maritime activities, such as shipping or fishing.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, wafts.
  • Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane — Beaumont and Fletcher.

    wanter

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who wants, or who wants something
  • * {{quote-book, year=1857, author=Various, title=The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV., chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Witless hizzie, e'en 's you like, The ne'er a doit I 'm carin'; But men maun be the first to speak, An' wanters maun be speerin'. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1898, author=Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, title=Scottish sketches, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=But if Donald McFarlane wants money, he's got kin that can accommodate him, James; wanters arena always that fortunate. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1921, author=Various, title=The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=You see, the trouble with Americans is that they are the greatest wanters of cake after they've eaten it the world has ever seen. }}

    Etymology 2

    Contraction of want to

    Verb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1901, author=Henry Lawson, title=Joe Wilson and His Mates, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=I reckon it weighs about a ton by the weight of it if yer wanter know. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1925, author=Amy Lowell, title=Men, Women and Ghosts, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Here, lift over them crates o' oranges I wanter fix 'em in the winder." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1936-1938, author=Works Projects Administration, title=Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=My birthday over, I wanter go right home to Heaven. }}