different between pacer vs pacier

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

pace +? -er

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. One who paces.
2. In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.
3. A pacemaker.

Etymology 2

From the brand name Pacer.

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. (Australia) A mechanical pencil.

References

• Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pacer (accessed: April 07, 2007).

Anagrams

• caper, crape, recap

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese pascer), from Latin p?scere, present active infinitive of p?sc? (compare Spanish pacer).

Verb

pacer (first-person singular present pazo, first-person singular preterite pacín, past participle pacido)

1. to graze, to pasture
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of pacer
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of pacer

Conjugation

Related terms

• pasto
• pastor
• pastura

Latin

Verb

p?cer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of p?c?

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin p?scere, present active infinitive of p?sc?, from Proto-Italic *p?sk?, from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to protect”).

Verb

pacer (first-person singular present pazco, first-person singular preterite pací, past participle pacido)

1. to graze, to pasture
2. to put out to pasture
3. to eat away, to nibble, to gnaw

Conjugation

Related terms

• pasto
• pastor
• pastura

English

Adjective

pacier

1. comparative form of pacey: more pacey
2. comparative form of pacy: more pacy

Anagrams

• Pearic, pie car