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Warmer vs Hotter - What's the difference?

warmer | hotter |

As adjectives the difference between warmer and hotter

is that warmer is while hotter is (hot).

As a noun hotter is

(uk|slang) one who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.

As a verb hotter is

(uk|dialect|north england|dated) to vibrate; to rattle.

warmer

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (warm)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that warms, such as a heater or a soup.
  • * 1993 , Raymond Sokolov, Why We Eat What We Eat
  • A piece of clothing for warmth, such as a bodywarmer or leg warmer.
  • An introductory activity, for example in a lesson, to stimulate interest in a topic.
  • Derived terms

    * winter warmer

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    hotter

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (hot)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, slang) One who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.
  • * 1992 , David P. Waddington, Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder (page 209)
  • Unable effectively to give chase to the hotters for fear of endangering the lives of pedestrians and motorists, the police had been forced to play a waiting game

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, dialect, North England, dated) To vibrate; to rattle.
  • * 1833 , Thomas Sopwith, An account of the mining districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale in Cumberland and Durham (page 137)
  • The jolting, hottering motion of the waggon, the splashing of the water, and the dark and narrow passage, all concur to produce a strange effect

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