different between spoiled vs spoiler

English

Alternative forms

• spoilt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??ld/
• Rhymes: -??ld

Verb

spoiled

1. simple past tense and past participle of spoil

Adjective

spoiled (comparative more spoiled, superlative most spoiled)

1. (of food) That has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
2. (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

Usage notes

• Much more common in the US than spoilt, while about as common as spoilt in UK.

Translations

Further reading

• spoiled at OneLook Dictionary Search
• spoiled, spoilt at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• despoil, diploes, diploës, dipoles, elopids, peloids, soliped

English

Etymology

From spoil +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp??.l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sp??.l?/
• Rhymes: -??l?(?)

Noun

spoiler (plural spoilers)

1. One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
2. One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
3. A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc.

   Good netiquette dictates that one warn of spoilers before discussing them, so that readers who wish to do so may experience the surprises for themselves.

4. (aeronautics) A device to reduce lift and increase drag.
5. (automobiles) A device to reduce lift and increase downforce.
6. (US, chiefly politics, sports) An individual (or organisation etc.), unable to win themselves, who spoils the chances of another's victory.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 713:

     The optimism at the opening of the talks could not be dampened even by a few spoilers.

Derived terms

• spoiler alert
• spoiler effect
• spoilerific
• spoileron
• spoiler space
• spoilery

Translations

Verb

spoiler (third-person singular simple present spoilers, present participle spoilering, simple past and past participle spoilered)

1. (transitive, fandom slang) To mark (a document or message) with a spoiler warning, to prevent readers from accidentally learning details they would prefer not to know.
2. (transitive, fandom slang) To tell (a person) details of how a story ends etc.

   I've been spoilered, so I doubt I'll be able to enjoy the final episode.

Further reading

• Spoiler (disambiguation) on the English Wikipedia. English Wikipedia
• Spoiler (media) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spoiler (aeronautics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spoiler (automotive) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spoiler effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• slopier

Portuguese

Etymology

From English spoiler.

Noun

spoiler m (plural spoilers)

1. spoiler (document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story)

Spanish

Etymology

From English spoiler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spoile?/, [?spoi?.le?]

• IPA^(key): /es?poile?/, [es?poi?.le?]

Noun

spoiler m (plural spoilers or spoiler)

1. spoiler (document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story)