different between betrayer vs swike

English

Etymology

betray +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e??(r)

Noun

betrayer (plural betrayers)

1. Someone who betrays, or reveals confidential information; a squealer or informer.

   Synonyms: backstabber, double-crosser, rat, traitor, two-timer

Translations

Anagrams

• teaberry

English

Etymology

From Middle English swiken, from Old English sw?can (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *sw?kwan, from Proto-Germanic *sw?kwan?, *sw?kan? (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

swike (third-person singular simple present swikes, present participle swiking, simple past swoke, past participle swicken)

1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To deceive, cheat; betray.
2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To stop, blin, cease.

Related terms

• beswike

Adjective

swike (comparative more swike, superlative most swike)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Deceitful; treacherous.

Noun

swike (plural swikes)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Deceit; treachery.
2. (dialectal or obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor.
3. (dialectal or obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave.

Anagrams

• Weiks, Wikes, kwise, wikes

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien ????? (súi-ke, “frog”, literally “water; river + fowl; chicken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?swike]
• Hyphenation: swi?ké

Noun

swiké (first-person possessive swikeku, second-person possessive swikemu, third-person possessive swikenya)

1. (cooking) swikee, a frog leg cuisine.

Further reading

• “swike” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.