different between biter vs backbiter

English

Etymology 1

From bite +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ba?t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ba?t?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?(?)

Noun

biter (plural biters)

1. Agent noun of bite; someone or something who tends to bite.

   Not all dogs are biters.

2. (fishing) A fish that tends to take bait.
   • 2007, John Shewey, On the Fly Guide to the Northwest (page 79)

     She tried the same cast several times. I signaled her to switch flies. After two such changes we still couldn't move the fish. Some steelhead are biters; some are not.

3. (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
4. (slang) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
5. (obsolete) A cheat or fraudster.
6. (fiction) A zombie.

Derived terms

• ankle-biter
• backbiter
• the biter bit
• nail biter
• pillar-biter
• pillow-biter
• toe biter
• wart-biter

Etymology 2

From bit +? -er.

Noun

biter (plural biters)

1. (in combination, computing) Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.

Related terms

Anagrams

• Berti, Breit, Tiber, rebit, tribe

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.te/

Etymology 1

Verb

biter

1. (transitive, slang) Misspelling of bitter (“to understand”). (usually used in negative form and especially with rien).

Etymology 2

From bite.

Verb

biter

1. to humiliate, con, dupe, deceive

Synonyms

(humiliate, con, dupe):

• duper

Gallo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

biter

1. to touch

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From bite (“to bite”) +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bi?t?r/

Noun

biter m (definite singular biteren, indefinite plural bitere, definite plural biterne)

1. a biter, someone who bites

Derived terms

• angstbiter
• grinebiter

Noun

biter m

1. indefinite plural of bit

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?t?r/

Verb

biter

1. present tense of bite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?t?r/

Verb

biter

1. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of bita

Old English

Alternative forms

• bitor, bitter, bittor

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r. Probably originally related to b?tan (“to bite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi.ter/

Adjective

biter

1. bitter (taste etc.)
2. bitter, severe, painful, biting

Declension

Derived terms

• biterl??e
• biternes

Descendants

• Middle English: bitter
  • English: bitter
  • Scots: bittir

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?id?er/

Verb

·biter

1. third-person plural future passive conjunct of benaid

Mutation

Romanian

Etymology

From German Bitter.

Noun

biter n (uncountable)

1. bitters

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From English bitter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ter/
• Hyphenation: bi?ter

Noun

bìter m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. bitter (a bitter drink)

Declension

Etymology 2

From German bitter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ter/
• Hyphenation: bi?ter

Adjective

bìter (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. bitter, sour (of taste)

References

• “biter” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• “biter” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Verb

biter

1. present tense of bita.

Anagrams

• Berit

Turkish

Verb

biter

1. third-person singular present simple indicative of bitmek

English

Etymology

From Middle English bakbitere, bakbytere, bacbitere, equivalent to backbite +? -er.

Noun

backbiter (plural backbiters)

1. A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.

Related terms

• back
• backbite
• backbiting
• backstab
• bite
• biter