different between eater vs devourer

English

Etymology

eat +? -er

Pronunciation

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

Noun

eater (plural eaters)

1. One who eats.
2. An eating apple.
3. One who performs fellatio or cunnilingus.
   • 2001, Cool Sexy Guy, Story: Cheerleading Camp Group: alt.sex

     The girls were having lots of fun rolling around on the bed, though Kacie was a much better fingerer and occasional eater.

   • 1987, Baird Jones, Sexual humor - Page 309

     I'm a slow but fastidious eater

   • 1997, James White, The Best Sex of Your Life - Page 166

     Ice cream tastes good to the eater, and has the added advantage of providing a little chill of excitement […]

4. (cellular automata) A configuration of cells that appears to consume another configuration by gradually causing it to disappear.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• trencherman

Anagrams

• areet, arete, arête, ratee, teare

English

Etymology

devour +? -er

Noun

devourer (plural devourers)

1. One who devours.
   • 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica (page 354)

     It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]

Anagrams

• overrude

Middle French

Verb

devourer

1. to devour; to consume; to eat

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Old French

Verb

devourer

1. Alternative form of devorer

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem deveur distinct from the unstressed stem devour. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.