Wester vs Waster - What's the difference?
wester | waster |
To move towards the west
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* 1936 , , More Poems , XI, line 1-2
Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
(dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
(obsolete, chiefly, fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
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As nouns the difference between wester and waster
is that wester is a strong westerly wind while waster is someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.As a verb wester
is to move towards the west.wester
English
Verb
(en verb)- The rainy Pleiads wester ,
- Orion plunges prone,
Derived terms
* westeringUsage notes
*Used especially of heavenly bodieswaster
English
Etymology 1
Partly from (etyl) wastere, wastour, partly from .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* time-wasterEtymology 2
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)- 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.