different between sager vs saver

English

Adjective

sager

1. comparative form of sage: more sage

Anagrams

• Agers, GRASE, Regas, SEGRA, Segar, agers, gaser, gears, rages, regas, sarge, segar

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??r

Noun

sager c

1. indefinite plural of sag

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sager m or f

1. indefinite plural of sag

Verb

sager

1. present of sage

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sager f

1. indefinite plural of sag

English

Etymology

save +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

saver (plural savers)

1. One who saves.

   a saver of souls
2. One who keeps savings more than usual.

3. A ticket or coupon that offers a discount.
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Derived terms

• lifesaver

See also

These words are easily confused with this one:

• savour, savor
• saviour, savior

Anagrams

• AVREs, Raves, avers, raves, sarve, vares, veras

Latin

Verb

s?ver

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of s?vor

Norman

Etymology

From Old French saveir, savoir, from Vulgar Latin *sap?re (“to know”), from Classical Latin sapi?, sap?re (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try, to research”).

Verb

saver

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) to know

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saifr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?fer/
• (Late Old Frisian) IPA^(key): /?sa?wer/

Noun

s?ver m

1. spittle, saliva

Alternative forms

• s?ver

Further reading

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 28

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) savair
• (Surmiran) saveir

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sap?re, from Classial Latin sapi?, sapere (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?p- (“to try, to research”).

Verb

saver

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) to know (how to do something)

Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sap?re, from Classical Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapi? (“taste”). Compare Italian sapere.

Verb

saver

1. (transitive) to know (how to)
2. (transitive) to be able to; can