different between elater vs relater

English

Etymology 1

elate +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??le?.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??le?.t?/

Noun

elater (plural elaters)

1. That which elates.

Etymology 2

From New Latin elat?r, from Ancient Greek ?????? (elat?r, “driver, that which drives away”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l.?.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l.?.t?/

Noun

elater (plural elaters)

1. (obsolete) Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
2. (botany) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.
3. (botany) Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
4. (zoology) An elaterid, or click beetle.

Derived terms

• pseudoelater

References

• elater in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Aertel, Ertale, Tralee, alreet, e-alert, earlet, relate, telera

English

Etymology

relate +? -er

Noun

relater (plural relaters)

1. Alternative form of relator

Anagrams

• alerter, alterer, realter

Danish

Verb

relater

1. imperative of relatere

French

Etymology

From Latin rel?tus.

Verb

relater

1. to relate, to account
2. to recount

Conjugation

Derived terms

• susrelaté

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• alerter

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

relater

1. imperative of relatere