different between starter vs appetite

English

Etymology

start +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st??t?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?st??t?/, [?st????]
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?(?)

Noun

starter (plural starters)

1. Someone who starts something.
   1. The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag
   2. (baseball) A starting pitcher.
2. Something that starts something.
   1. An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine
   2. A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp
   3. A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process
3. The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.

   Synonyms: entrée, hors d'oeuvre, appetizer

   Coordinate terms: main, main course, dessert

4. (team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
5. A dog that rouses game.
6. (historical, Britain) A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
7. (rail transport) A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, more fully called a starter signal or starting signal.

Derived terms

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• Tarters, ratters, restart

Danish

Noun

starter c (singular definite starteren, plural indefinite startere)

1. starter

Inflection

Noun

starter c

1. indefinite plural of start

Verb

starter

1. present of starte

Dutch

Etymology

From starten +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?r.t?r/
• Hyphenation: star?ter

Noun

starter m (plural starters, diminutive startertje n)

1. starter, one who starts; in particular
   1. first-time home buyer
   2. start-up

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English starter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta?.tœ?/

Noun

starter m (plural starters)

1. starter (person or device)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English start.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta?.te/

Verb

starter

1. (Canada) Synonym of démarrer

Conjugation

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English starter.

Noun

starter m (invariable)

1. starter (sports; car engine)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

starter m

1. indefinite plural of start

Etymology 2

From starte +? -er

Noun

starter m (definite singular starteren, indefinite plural startere, definite plural starterne)

1. a starter (person who gives a starting signal)
2. a starter (starter motor)

Synonyms

• startmotor

Etymology 3

Verb

starter

1. present tense of starte

See also

• startar (Nynorsk)

References

• “starter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French starter.

Noun

starter n (plural starteri)

1. starter

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English starter.

Noun

starter m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. A device that starts an engine or a machine.

Synonyms

• anlaser

Swedish

Noun

starter

1. indefinite plural of start

Anagrams

• rastret, stretar

English

Etymology

From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”). See petition, and compare with appetence.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?æp.?.ta?t/
• Homophone: apatite

Noun

appetite (countable and uncountable, plural appetites)

1. Desire to eat food or consume drink.
   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of Black Peter:

     And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast.
2. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

   • If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.
3. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

   appetite for reading

   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.

Synonyms

• craving, longing, desire, appetency, passion

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• appetite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• appetite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• appetite at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

appetite

1. second-person plural present indicative of appetire
2. second-person plural imperative of appetire

Participle

appetite

1. feminine plural of the past participle of appetire

Latin

Verb

appetite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of appet?