different between taster vs caster

English

Etymology

taste +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te?st?/
• Rhymes: -e?st?(?)

Noun

taster (plural tasters)

1. An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup
2. Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality.

   • Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat

3. (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
4. A sample of something bigger or grander intended for future use

   The exhibition was a taster of products set to hit the market.

5. A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide

Translations

Anagrams

• Rattes, Satter, Strate, Treats, at rest, atters, ratest, rattes, stater, tarest, taters, tetras, treats

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

taster

1. indefinite plural of tast

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

taster

1. present of taste

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

taster m

1. indefinite plural of tast

Verb

taster

1. present of taste

Old French

Etymology

From a late Vulgar Latin *tast?re, from contraction of *taxit?re, iterative of Late Latin tax?re, present active infinitive of tax?, from Classical Latin tang? (“I touch”). Compare Catalan and Occitan tastar, Italian tastare.

Verb

taster

1. to taste
2. to touch
3. to hit; to strike

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Synonyms

• (to hit, to strike): ferir, fraper

Descendants

• ? English: taste
• French: tâter

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (taster)

English

Alternative forms

• castor (esp. UK)

Etymology

cast +? -er; the wheel sense comes from obsolete cast (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?k??st?(r)/, /?kæst?(r)/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?kæst?r/
• Rhymes: -??st?(r)
• Homophone: castor

Noun

caster (plural casters)

1. Someone or something that casts

2. A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).

3. A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

4. A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
5. (automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

Derived terms

• spearcaster

Translations

See also

• caster angle
• caster sugar

Verb

caster (third-person singular simple present casters, present participle castering, simple past and past participle castered)

1. To act as a caster

Anagrams

• Cartes, Cestar, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caters, crates, creats, racest, reacts, recast, rescat, reäcts, traces