different between gouger vs gorger

English

Etymology

gouge +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??a?d?.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??a?d?.?/
• Rhymes: -??(r), -a?d??(?)

Noun

gouger (plural gougers)

1. Someone who gouges.

Derived terms

• sidehill gouger

French

Etymology

From gouge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u.?e/
• Homophones: gougé, gougée, gougés, gougées, gougez, gougeai

Verb

gouger

1. (transitive) to work (a material) with a gouge
2. (transitive) to do (a soldered joint) again to eliminate roughness by deepening it

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gouge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Anagrams

• grogue

English

Etymology 1

gorge +? -er

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

1. One who gorges

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:glutton

Etymology 2

Compare gadje.

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

1. Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller
   • 2010, Margaret Greenfields and David Martin Smith, "Housed Gypsy Travellers, Social Segregation and the Reconstruction of Communities", published in Housing Studies volume 25, issue 3 p. 397, April 27, 2010

     "The majority of these young people were interrelated and a number were of 'mixed' Gypsy/gorger (non-Gypsy) ancestry."

Anagrams

• Gregor

French

Etymology

From gorge (“throat”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.?e/

Verb

gorger

1. to gorge oneself (eat greedily)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Derived terms

• se gorger

Further reading

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