different between waster vs gaster

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

Borrowed from Latin gaster (“the belly”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æ.st?/
• Rhymes: -æst?(?)

Noun

gaster (plural gasters)

1. (anatomy, rare) The stomach.
2. (entomology) The enlarged part of the abdomen behind the petiole in hymenopterous insects (such as ants).

Related terms

• gastric (adjective)

References

• “gaster”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• 'Gaters, Greats, Stager, Strega, grates, greats, ragest, retags, stager, targes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (gast?r, “a paunch, belly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??as.ter/, [??äs?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??as.ter/, [???st??r]

Noun

gaster f (variously declined, genitive gasteris or gastr?); third declension, second declension

1. The belly.

   Synonym: venter

2. A big bellied vessel.

Inflection

Third-declension noun or second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Derived terms

• digastricus

Descendants

? English: gaster

References

• gaster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin vast?re, present active infinitive of vast?. The initial g is under the influence of Frankish *wuostjan, *wuastjan, itself from Latin vast? or from the same pre-Latin source.

Verb

gaster

1. to waste (not make good use of)
2. to destroy

Conjugation

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

Synonyms

• (to destroy): destruire

Descendants

• French: gâter

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vast?re, present active infinitive of vast?. The initial g is under the influence of Frankish *wuostjan, *wuastjan, itself from Latin vast? or from the same pre-Latin source.

Verb

gaster

1. to waste (not make good use of)
2. to destroy

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 destroy): destruire

Descendants

• Middle French: gaster
  • French: gâter