different between grafter vs grifter

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

graft +? -er

Noun

grafter (plural grafters)

1. One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by engrafting.
2. An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
3. The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
4. (slang) Someone who works in market stalls.

Related terms

• graft

Translations

Etymology 2

From graft +? -er.

Noun

grafter (plural grafters)

1. A corrupt person, one who receives graft.
   • 1911, The Twentieth Century Magazine, Vol. 4, page 335.

   • 1980, David Mark Chalmers, The Muchrake Years, Krieger Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 152.

   • 2007, Rebecca Menes, "Limiting the Reach of the Grabbing Hand: Graft and growth in American Cities, 1880 to 1930", in Edward L. Glaeser, Claudia Goldin (eds.), Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report, The University of Chicago Press, ?ISBN, page 64.

Related terms

• graft

Anagrams

• regraft

English

Etymology

grift +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????ft?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????ft?/

Noun

grifter (plural grifters)

1. (informal, Canada, US) A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:confidence trickster

Further reading

• “grifter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.