What's the difference between potter and spotter?

Potter


Definition:

  • (n.) One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.
  • (n.) One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
  • (n.) One who pots meats or other eatables.
  • (n.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
  • (v. i.) To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.
  • (v. i.) To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
  • (v. t.) To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tim Potter, managing director of support charity the Fragile X Society , adds that the challenges Tom faces in the film will give "hope and encouragement to many other families".
  • (2) Fantastic Beasts, which is set 70 years prior to the arrival of Potter and his pals at the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will feature the swashbuckling adventurer Newt Scamander.
  • (3) I can't pull an invisibility cloak over my house – nor would I wish to," she said, a little wistfully, as if she really wished she had Harry Potter's magic powers.
  • (4) The original Wednesday Play, succeeded by the long-running Play for Today, is fondly remembered by many of today's best-known writers and directors as the experimental breeding ground for the likes of Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, Tony Garnett, Mike Leigh and Alan Bleasdale.
  • (5) The youngsters who identified with her when they saw her in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 2001 can feel that she has yet to let them down, nearly 16 years later.
  • (6) The main differential diagnostic problems occurred in two fields: in differentiating (1) functional hydronephrosis from obstructive uropathy, and (2) multicystic renal dysplasia of Potter's type IV from severe hydronephrosis.
  • (7) Josiah Wedgwood, known as "the father of English potters", founded the company in 1759 .
  • (8) These days large theatres such as the Met in New York still use the recitative, but most productions tend to opt for the original dialogue, while a few, including Sally Potter's production for ENO in 2007, attempt to make do without either.
  • (9) He didn't go to university, but says he discovered the joy of learning for learning's sake when he was tutored on the Harry Potter sets.
  • (10) Renal dysplasia according to Potter classification was difficult to be assessed being a borderline case between grade II and IV.
  • (11) In the 6 cases in which fetal breathing movements were detected the babies were liveborn and there was no evidence of pulmonary hypoplasia or the other non-renal features of Potter's syndrome.
  • (12) Appearing in her capacity as a goodwill ambassador for UN Women, the Harry Potter star outlined her new year-long “ IMPACT 10X10X10 ” plan to address deficiencies in women’s empowerment and gender equality .
  • (13) In a community of potters in Barbados where lead glazes traditionally have been used, a survey of 12 potters, 19 of their family members, and 24 controls revealed elevated blood lead levels in the potters, their family members, and the neighbours who used pottery for culinary purposes.
  • (14) Even if the people aren't remotely interested in you, it's in your head, and if you start dancing, you think everyone's going to say, look at Harry Potter, dancing like a twat."
  • (15) They are making a big play for more content and Time Warner has some of the best global franchises you could hope to have – look at Harry Potter, Batman and HBO.” Time Warner’s lucrative cable channel business includes TNT, TBS and HBO, home to shows including Game of Thrones.
  • (16) With ultrasound, Potter's sequence can be demonstrated about the 16th week of pregnancy so that termination of pregnancy may be considered.
  • (17) If jet lag has you awake before the market is open for breakfast, you can potter up Fairfax to Canter's, a 24-hour deli that's been a Los Angeles Landmark since 1931.
  • (18) Twelve Years a Slave's Lupita Nyong'o and Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie officially joined the cast earlier this week, and the film will also feature Attack the Block's John Boyega, Ingmar Bergman-regular Max von Sydow and Harry Potter's Domhnall Gleeson.
  • (19) I'm sure a lot of people will be really excited," said Radcliffe, who starred in eight Harry Potter films between 2001 and 2011.
  • (20) The effectiveness of the nonmetabolizable second messenger analogue DL-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphorothioate (IPS3) described by Cooke, A. M., R. Gigg, and B. V. L. Potter, (1987b.

Spotter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who spots.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It consists of a clinical assessment made by a surgical tutor over a period of six weeks throughout a student's surgical term, a visual, clinically orientated written examination a "spotter-type" practical examination and a viva-voce examination.
  • (2) A plane-spotter, Anthony Castorani, told CNN he heard a "pop" as the jet landed, followed by a brief fireball at which point the aircraft began to break up and spin.
  • (3) These were (i) the introduction of "spotters" with experience in sports medicine to identify and advise exhausted runners before they collapse; (ii) staffing the run's medical centre with medical and nursing specialists in intensive care; (iii) improved management of heat exhaustion; and (iv) conducting education seminars after the run to make recommendations for improving subsequent events.
  • (4) It seems highly probable that both Costellos are agents of the RIS, Costello’s role may well be that of a talent spotter,” notes the MI5 file.
  • (5) Until now, we have been limited to lists of suspicious aircraft and networks of flight routes pieced together painstakingly using information from everyone from plane spotters to the European parliament.
  • (6) Hare accused the trend spotters of the early 21st century of lining up eagerly to pretend the controversy which raged around Look Back In Anger was "some kind of ghastly mistake".
  • (7) "We have been impressed by the efforts made to prevent football hooliganism in foreign countries by sending 'spotters' to help pick out those at risk of committing criminal acts and believe similar practical help would be beneficial in the fight against terrorism," the MPs say.
  • (8) They have been acting as spotters to identify military targets for air strikes and cruise missiles.
  • (9) Straw has been Blackburn's MP for 33 years; he replaced Barbara Castle, for whom he had worked as a special adviser (something of a talent-spotter, Castle once said that she had employed Straw for his "guile and low cunning").
  • (10) She was a great spotter of talent, and contributors would often come into the office for a chat; Mario Testino shot early fashion for the fashion editor Liz Connell, Craig Brown became music critic and Deborah Moggach was a regular contributor.
  • (11) Follow the children's quiz trail around the house and garden, using tracker packs with secret messages and spotter sheets.
  • (12) Chloe Dewe Mathews: ‘Day-trippers from east London perform Maghrib, the Islamic evening prayer on the promenade at Southend.’ The title of the series, Thames Log , came from the ship spotters at Tilbury, who “sit all day logging the continual stream of vessels passing through”.
  • (13) Others are pros on the lower levels hoping to be picked up by the UFC’s talent spotters.
  • (14) The best known is the military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is accused of being an artillery spotter for the Ukrainian forces and involved in the deaths of two Russian journalists .
  • (15) The spotter was a man called Peter Beard , a well-connected photographer and Africophile.
  • (16) Spotter's ratings: ★★★★★ I don't believe it!
  • (17) The town of Ottery St Mary enjoyed something of a tourist boom as beaver spotters headed to Devon to try to spot the creatures and many naturalists argued that the beavers were good news for biodiversity and could ease flooding problems because their dams slow the rate water moves down rivers, such as the Otter.
  • (18) 4 Dec, Helmand W Company, 45 Commando Royal Marines, shoot and wound man as possible "spotter" .
  • (19) ZSL’s spotters take advantage of the seals’ moulting season in August, when they shuffle up sandbanks to shed their coat and grow a new one, making double-counting less likely.
  • (20) • The routine use of forward intellience teams (FITs) who film, photograph and follow protesters, and use "spotter cards" to identify activists and store their information on databases raises fundamental privacy issues and should be reviewed.