different between smarter vs sharper
smarter
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
smarter
- comparative form of smart: more smart
Anagrams
- Starmer, armrest, marrest
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sharper
English
Etymology
sharp +? -er
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /????p?/
Adjective
sharper
- comparative form of sharp: more sharp
Noun
sharper (plural sharpers)
- (dated) a swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.
- 1766, Tobias Smollett, Travels through France and Italy, Letter XXIX, [1]
- Our young gentlemen who go to Rome will do well to be upon their guard against a set of sharpers, (some of them of our own country,) who deal in pictures and antiques, and very often impose upon the uninformed stranger, by selling him trash, as the productions of the most celebrated artists.
- 1878, John Payne, Introduction, in François Villon, Poems, translated by John Payne, New York: Boni & Liveright, c. 1918, p. 33 [2]
- […] in a twinkling the accomplished sharper changes the pitchers and pretending to examine the contents, asks the tapster what kind of wine he has given him […]
- 1882, W. S. Gilbert, "Emily, John, James, and I: A Derby Legend" in The "Bab" Ballads, Philadelphia: David McKay, publishing date not given, p. 275, [3]
- The Derby Day sun glittered gaily on cads, / On maidens with gamboge hair, / On sharpers and pickpockets, swindlers and pads— / (For I, with my harp, was there).
- 1766, Tobias Smollett, Travels through France and Italy, Letter XXIX, [1]
Synonyms
- chiseler, spiv
- See also Thesaurus:fraudster
Translations
Anagrams
- harpers, phraser
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