different between weaver vs weever

English

Etymology

From Middle English weevere, wevar, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), equivalent to weave +? -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?wi?.v?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?wi.v?/
• Rhymes: -i?v?(?)
• Homophone: weever

Noun

weaver (plural weavers)

1. One who weaves.
2. A strand of material used in weaving.
3. A weaverbird.
4. An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
5. Certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae

Related terms

• weave

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English *wever, from Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin v?pera. Doublet of wyvern and viper.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?wi?.v?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?wi.v?/
• Homophone: weaver
• Rhymes: -i?v?(?)

Noun

weever (plural weevers)

1. Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.

Synonyms

• weeverfish, weaverfish

Derived terms

Translations

References

• weever at OneLook Dictionary Search
• weever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• weever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trachinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Trachinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons