different between caster vs vaster

English

Alternative forms

• castor (esp. UK)

Etymology

cast +? -er; the wheel sense comes from obsolete cast (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?k??st?(r)/, /?kæst?(r)/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?kæst?r/
• Rhymes: -??st?(r)
• Homophone: castor

Noun

caster (plural casters)

1. Someone or something that casts

2. A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).

3. A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

4. A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
5. (automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

Derived terms

• spearcaster

Translations

See also

• caster angle
• caster sugar

Verb

caster (third-person singular simple present casters, present participle castering, simple past and past participle castered)

1. To act as a caster

Anagrams

• Cartes, Cestar, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caters, crates, creats, racest, reacts, recast, rescat, reäcts, traces

English

Adjective

vaster

1. comparative form of vast: more vast

Anagrams

• averts, ravest, starve, tarves, traves, versta

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

vaster

1. Comparative form of vast

Latin

Verb

v?ster

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of v?st?

Old French

Verb

vaster

1. Alternative form of gaster

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.