different between lather vs lasher

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: l?.th'?, lä.th'?, IPA^(key): /?læ.ð?(?)/, /?l??ð?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?læð?/
• Rhymes: -æð?(r), -??ð?(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English lather, from Old English l?aþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”), from Proto-Germanic *lauþr? (“that which is used for washing, soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówh?trom (“that which is used for washing”), from *lewh?-, *lowh?- (“to wash, bathe”). Cognate with Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”), Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), Old Irish lóathar (“wash-basin”), Ancient Greek ??????? (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), Latin lav? (“I wash”), Albanian laj (“I wash”), Ancient Greek ???? (loú?). More at lye.

Noun

lather (countable and uncountable, plural lathers)

1. (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
2. (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
3. (countable) A state of agitation.

Derived terms

• in a lather
• lathery

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English *lethren, from Old English l?þrian, l?þrian, *l?eþrian (“to anoint, smear, lather”), from Old English l?aþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”). See above.

Verb

lather (third-person singular simple present lathers, present participle lathering, simple past and past participle lathered)

1. (transitive) To cover with lather.
2. (transitive) To beat or whip.
3. (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.

Derived terms

• lather up

Translations

Anagrams

• Hartel, Hartle, Thrale, halter, rathel, thaler

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læ??(r)/
• Rhymes: -æ??(r)

Etymology 1

lash +? -er

Noun

lasher (plural lashers)

1. One who whips or lashes.
2. A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another.

Synonyms

• (rope for binding): lashing

Etymology 2

lash +? -er; see lash (“slack”).

Noun

lasher (plural lashers)

1. (Britain) A weir in a river.
   • 1869, Charles Kingsley, Madam How and Lady Why

     There is Basildon - and Hurley - and Pangbourne, with its roaring lasher

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Hasler, ashler, halers, halser, harles, hersal