different between beater vs boater

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bi?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bit?/, [?bi??]
• Rhymes: -i?t?(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English beter, betere, bettere, from Old English b?atere (“a beater; fighter; champion”), equivalent to beat +? -er.

Noun

beater (plural beaters)

1. Someone or something that beats.
2. A kitchen implement for mixing.
3. A stick used to play a percussion instrument.

   Synonym: drum stick

4. A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, often working in a group.
5. A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
6. (US, informal) An automobile in poor operating condition.
7. A weaving tool designed to push the weft yarn securely into place. It contains the comb-like insert reed and is sometimes a part of the loom.
8. (Canada) A harp seal pup after its first moult and before its second moult.

Derived terms

• eggbeater
• world-beater

Translations

Etymology 2

By shortening from wifebeater.

Noun

beater (plural beaters)

1. (US, informal) A sleeveless undershirt.

Translations

Anagrams

• Bartee, berate, betear, erbate, rebate, rebeat

English

Etymology

From Middle English botere; equivalent to boat +? -er. The use of the term for a straw hat stems from the fact that straw hats were the preferred head covering during sunny boat trips on canals and rivers.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??t.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bo?.t?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?b??t.?/
• Rhymes: -??t?(r)

Noun

boater (plural boaters)

1. (nautical) Someone who travels by boat.
2. (nautical) One who works on a boat, especially as captain.

   Synonyms: boatman, boatsman

3. A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown.

   Synonyms: leghorn, basher, skimmer, Panama

Translations

Further reading

• boater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• borate, orbate, rebato