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Wester vs Waster - What's the difference?

wester | waster |

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

Noun

(en noun)
  • A strong westerly wind.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move towards the west
  • *
  • * 1936 , , More Poems , XI, line 1-2
  • The rainy Pleiads wester ,
    Orion plunges prone,

    Derived terms

    * westering

    Usage notes

    *Used especially of heavenly bodies

    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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