What's the difference between punster and punter?

Punster


Definition:

  • (n.) One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There are also British A-listers such as Mock The Week punster Milton Jones (Black Box, 26 Oct) and the eternally brilliant David Baddiel (Town Hall Theatre, 23 Oct), plus a distillation of the best Irish talent.

Punter


Definition:

  • (v. t.) One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.
  • (n.) One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One of the punters came up to me after and said that I seemed confident, but he’d spent the whole time wondering when I was going to tell a joke.
  • (2) Hodgson left Ferdinand out of his Euro 2012 squad for "football reasons" and then appeared to confirm the end of his international career to a punter on the Tube, before recalling him in March.
  • (3) The eye-catching deal was that punters would have their stakes returned if the winning pope was black – or something like that.
  • (4) 1.56am GMT 49ers 17-13 Seahawks, 2:47, 3rd quarter Andy Lee is hit as he kicks and it's a five yard penalty rather than the personal foul you would get for crushing the punter.
  • (5) Teela Sanders , another academic who believes that regulation of prostitution is neither desirable nor possible, says of moves to criminalise punters: "Putting limits on private morality with regard to the legitimate purchase and provision of consensual commercial sex is evidence of a state seeking to control sexuality rather than to preserve diversity, difference and freedom."
  • (6) This is payback, without a doubt.” The workers recently won the support of Will Self, who supported a boycott of the venue, writing : “If the punters wake up and smell the crap coffee of corporate greed, perhaps we won’t be so keen on contributing to those revenues.
  • (7) It would mean that if the regulator found bookmakers' staff failing to intervene when punters lost too much money or not questioning why machines were played without a break, the shop could be closed down.
  • (8) There are some players still owed money by a team after they were released such as former Buffalo Bills punter Brian Moorman .
  • (9) At the Meadow Inn hotel, these statistics are embodied in a depressing tableau of punters slouched on stools, jabbing at flashing buttons.
  • (10) The code, introduced in February by the Association of British Bookmakers, was meant to tighten betting controls and defuse criticism of FOBTs, on which punters can bet up to £300 a minute.
  • (11) After the first-leg games, an unnamed punter wagered £5 on a four-fold bet, predicting the scores of four of the second legs .
  • (12) Tracksuit Dave, professional punter, owner and racecourse 'face' He's the greatest there's ever been.
  • (13) There is mention too of a punter's "right to have a bet", though strangely this basic freedom does not seem to appear in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • (14) The overall betting trend has shown one-way traffic for Obama and punters seem to have called it 100% correct.
  • (15) One NFL coach, speaking anonymously to Sports Illustrated after Sam came out, said: “I don’t think football is ready for [an openly gay player] just yet.” On Twitter, Chris Kluwe, a former Minnesota Vikings punter who has become an outspoken critic of attitudes to homosexuality within the NFL, said: “At least one team finally showed some balls.
  • (16) Some observers say the ban on smoking in clubs played its role: with a sly, discreet spliff no longer an option, punters switched to pills and energy levels accordingly rose.
  • (17) The Ukip leader, tongue firmly lodged in cheek, has recorded a “party political broadcast” on behalf of Paddy Power , exhorting punters to get behind Team Europe in this weekend’s Ryder Cup golf contest against the US.
  • (18) But is this "Bank of Joe Bloggs" a little bit too out there for mainstream punters?
  • (19) Indeed, while Jagger and co headlined to a packed Pyramid Stage, plenty of punters were elsewhere, watching a range of acts that included dance duo Chase & Status on the Other Stage and – cleverly – the Bootleg Beatles at the Acoustic Stage.
  • (20) Sav Rocca, punter Rocca played for North Melbourne and Collingwood during a 14-year AFL career, and is 13 th in the league’s all-time goalscoring list.

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