different between disturb vs botter

English

Etymology

From Middle English destourben, from Anglo-Norman distourber and Old French destorber, from Latin disturbare, intensifying for turbare (“to throw into disorder”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?t??b/
• Rhymes: -??(r)b

Verb

disturb (third-person singular simple present disturbs, present participle disturbing, simple past and past participle disturbed)

1. (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.

2. (transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
3. (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.

Derived terms

• disturbance

Translations

Noun

disturb

1. (obsolete) disturbance

English

Etymology

bot +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t?(?)

Noun

botter (plural botters)

1. (Internet) One who operates a bot (automated software process).
   • 2008, New Scientist (volume 200, issues 2682-2688, page 28)

     It is estimated by industry and leading botters that only around 1 in 10 players using bots make a profit, mainly in low-stakes games.

Anagrams

• bettor

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.t?r/

Etymology 1

From a dialectal variant of Dutch boter, from Middle Dutch b?ter, from Old Dutch *butera, from Latin b?t?rum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (boúturon).

Alternative forms

• boter

Noun

botter (plural botters, diminutive bottertjie)

1. (uncountable) butter; a soft, fatty foodstuff made from the cream of milk
2. butter type

3. (chemistry, dated) butter; any specific soft substance

Derived terms

• bebotter
• kookbotter
• plaasbotter

Verb

botter (present botter, present participle botterende, past participle gebotter)

1. to butter; to spread butter

Etymology 2

From Dutch botter.

Noun

botter (plural botters, diminutive bottertjie)

1. a type of Dutch fishing vessel with a characteristic hull (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

French

Etymology

From botte (“boot”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.te/

Verb

botter

1. to kick
2. (slang) to please, to like

Usage notes

In the sense please it functions syntactically like plaire, viz. it takes an indirect object and may be translated into English as like, exchanging the subject and object.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (please): plaire

Derived terms

• botter en touche

Further reading

• “botter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

botte (“boot”) +? -er

Verb

botter

1. (Jersey) to boot