different between hater vs rater

English

Etymology

From Middle English hatere, equivalent to hate +? -er. Compare Old English hetend, hettend (“enemy”, literally “hater”). Cognate with Dutch hater (“hater”), German Hasser, Hässer (“hater”), Danish hader (“hater”), Swedish hatare (“hater”), Icelandic hatari (“hater”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?t'?(r), IPA^(key): /?he?t?(?)/, IPA^(key): /?he?t?/
• Rhymes: -e?t?(r)

Noun

hater (plural haters)

1. One who hates.
   • 1976, Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church (page 46)

     In addition to the basic charge that Christians were atheists was the charge that they were also haters of mankind.

2. (slang, derogatory) One who expresses unfounded or inappropriate hatred or dislike, particularly if motivated by envy.

Synonyms

• despiser

Antonyms

• lover
• fan

Derived terms

• haters gonna hate
• man-hater, manhater
• woman hater, woman-hater, womanhater

Translations

Anagrams

• Earth, Erath, Harte, Heart, Herat, Herta, Taher, Terah, Thera, earth, heart, rathe, rehat, th'are, thare

Dutch

Etymology

From haten +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: ha?ter
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

hater m (plural haters, feminine haatster)

1. hater (someone who hates)
2. hater, enemy or criticaster.

Derived terms

• autohater
• homohater
• mannenhater

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hatere, hattir, hatyr, hetter, hatter, heater, hatir

Etymology

From Old English hæteru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hat?r(?)/

Noun

hater (plural hateren or hatres or hater)

1. A piece of clothing; clothing in general.
2. (rare) Worn clothing in particular

References

• “hater(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From hat +? -er.

Noun

hater m (definite singular hateren, indefinite plural hatere, definite plural haterne)

1. hater

Derived terms

• kvinnehater

Etymology 2

Verb

hater

1. present of hate

See also

• hatar (Nynorsk)

References

• “hater” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ej.te?/

Noun

hater m, f (plural haters)

1. hater

   Synonym: opositor

   Antonyms: fã, apoiador, seguidor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hater.

Noun

hater m or f (plural haters)

1. hater

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?t?(?)/

Etymology 1

From rate (“to appraise”) +? -er.

Noun

rater (plural raters)

1. One who provides a rating or assessment.

Derived terms

• interrater

Etymology 2

From rate (“to scold; berate”) +? -er.

Noun

rater (plural raters)

1. One who rates or scolds.

Related terms

• berate

Anagrams

• Arter, Terra, arrêt, arter, retar, tarre, terra

French

Etymology

From earlier rater (“to miss, fail to hit, fail, complete unsuccessfully", in reference to a weapon, "to misfire, fail to fire”), from the expression (1651) prendre un rat (“to misfire”, literally “to get a rat”), from rat (“rat”). More at rat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.te/

Verb

rater

1. (transitive) to miss (an event or a thing)

   Il va rater le car

   He's going to miss the bus

2. (intransitive) to fail
3. (transitive, informal) to screw up; to mess up

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ne pas en rater une
• raté

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• arrêt, errât, terra

Ladin

Verb

rater

1. to yield (a return)

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rater m

1. indefinite plural of rate