different between devoted vs devoter

English

Etymology

From devote +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??v??t?d/

Verb

devoted

1. simple past tense and past participle of devote

Adjective

devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)

1. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
2. Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.

   Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.

3. Zealous; characterized by devotion.
4. (obsolete) Cursed; doomed.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 31:

     The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […].

   • 1828, Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, book 1:

     They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.

Derived terms

• devotedly
• devotedness

Translations

English

Etymology

devote +? -er

Noun

devoter (plural devoters)

1. One who devotes or commits something to a cause, etc.
   • 1918, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art

     They came forward from the first, unconscripted, free devoters of their energies and abilities to the cause of their King and Country.

2. A worshipper.

Anagrams

• revoted

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

devoter

1. Comparative form of devoot

Anagrams

• toverde, verdoet, voedert

German

Adjective

devoter

1. comparative degree of devot

Adjective

devoter

1. inflection of devot:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural