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Wastes vs Waster - What's the difference?

wastes | waster |

As nouns the difference between wastes and waster

is that wastes is while waster is someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly or waster can be (obsolete) a kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

As a verb wastes

is (waste).

wastes

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (waste)

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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.

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