different between waster vs baster

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste +? -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.

Noun

waster (plural wasters)

1. Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
2. (dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
3. A destroyer.

   • He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

4. An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.

Synonyms

• (one who spends extravagantly): See Thesaurus:spendthrift
• (imperfection in the wick): thief

Derived terms

• time-waster

Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

waster (plural wasters)

1. (obsolete, chiefly fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
2. (obsolete, Scotland) A leister; a spear for catching fish.

Anagrams

• Waters, Westra, rawest, tawers, waters

Old French

Verb

waster

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of gaster

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.

Descendants

• ? Middle English: wasten
  • English: waste

English

Etymology

baste +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?be?st?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?be?st?/
• Rhymes: -e?st?(?)

Noun

baster (plural basters)

1. One who bastes.
2. A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
   • 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots

     Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster.

Translations

Anagrams

• Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, bestar, breast, rebats, tabers

Middle French

Verb

baster

1. to put a packsaddle on

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: bâter

References

• “bâter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).