What's the difference between other and pother?

Other


Definition:

  • (conj.) Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).
  • (pron. & a.) Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.
  • (pron. & a.) Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
  • (pron. & a.) Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.
  • (pron. & a.) Left, as opposed to right.
  • (adv.) Otherwise.

Example Sentences:

Pother


Definition:

  • (n.) Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother.
  • (v. i.) To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
  • (v. t.) To harass and perplex; to worry.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bawbag, which was submitted for the dictionary by the user tooz last month, was one of several new entries to the open dictionary, along with the “informal verb” to pother, defined as “to make an unnecessary fuss”, and the expression “curiouser and curiouser”.
  • (2) Charlotte, standing calm and still in the middle of all the flap and pother – the Bennets should award her a special stipend just for advising Elizabeth not to be so bloody rude to Darcy every time she speaks to him (I paraphrase) – and gazing with a cool, appraising eye on her own and everyone else's best chance of the greatest happiness while everyone else's vision is either blinkered with pride, blurred by prejudice or occluded by simple stupidity (Lydia!

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