different between definer vs defier

English

Etymology

define +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fa?n?(?)/

Noun

definer (plural definers)

1. Agent noun of define; one who defines; a person who writes a definition or definitions.

Anagrams

• e-friend, enfired, fendier, refined

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

definer

1. imperative of definere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

definer

1. imperative of definera and definere

Old French

Alternative forms

• defenir
• definir

Verb

definer

1. (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• English: to define
• French: définir

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (definer)

English

Etymology

defy +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fa?(j)?(?)/

Noun

defier (plural defiers)

1. agent noun of defy; one who dares and defies
   • c. 1859, Thomas de Quincey, Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow

     She droops not; and her eyes rising so high might be hidden by distance; but, being what they are, they cannot be hidden; through the treble veil of crape which she wears, the fierce light of a blazing misery, that rests not for matins or for vespers, for noon of day or noon of night, for ebbing or for flowing tide, may be read from the very ground. She is the defier of God. She is also the mother of lunacies, and the suggestress of suicides.