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Waster vs Lister - What's the difference?

waster | lister |

As nouns the difference between waster and lister

is that waster is someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly while lister is a spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

As a proper noun Lister is

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waster

English

Etymology 1

Partly from (etyl) wastere, wastour, partly from .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
  • (dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * time-waster

    Etymology 2

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, chiefly, fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
  • *, II.3.6:
    • Or, as they that play at wasters exercise themselves by a few cudgels how to avoid an enemy's blows, let us arm ourselves against all such violent incursions which may invade our minds.

    Anagrams

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    lister

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

    * leister (fish spear)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
  • * 1984 , John C. Nash, Effective scientific problem solving with small computers (page 113)
    • A good program lister is helpful here, since many language processors allow multi-statement lines. For BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and similar languages, the lister can split multi-statement lines, ensure there are blanks between keywords
  • A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
    • Related terms
    * list * listing

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