different between attrite vs attriter

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??t?a?t/

Etymology 1

Verb

attrite (third-person singular simple present attrites, present participle attriting, simple past and past participle attrited)

1. Alternative form of attrit

Etymology 2

From Latin attr?tus (“ground”).

Adjective

attrite (comparative more attrite, superlative most attrite)

1. Regretful of one's wrongdoing merely due to fear of punishment.

   Antonym: contrite

2. Worn by rubbing or friction.

Anagrams

• tattier, titrate

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /at?tri?.te/, [ät??t??i?t??]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at?tri.te/, [?t??t??i?t??]

Participle

attr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of attr?tus

English

Etymology

attrite +? -er

Noun

attriter (plural attriters)

1. One who, or that which, attrites.
2. (linguistics) One who has lost certain abilities in a language by learning and using a different language.

   Attriters often experience lexical access problems, i.e. a discrepancy between what they would like to say, their communicative intention, and what they still know how to say in their L1. (Monika S. Schmid (Q52147493) (2004) First Language Attrition: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Methodological Issues, John Benjamins Publishing, ?ISBN, page 196)