What's the difference between spitball and spitter?

Spitball


Definition:

  • (n.) Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) (well, I know it isn't *you*, but you might know ... ) October 28, 2013 That would be MEGA-CHEATER SPITBALLER BAN HIM FOR LIFE Jon Lester.
  • (2) He spitballs the most outlandishly futuristic ideas he can think of.
  • (3) The unsplit versions sound more elegant to me, though I can't be sure that my ears haven't been contaminated by a habit of cravenly unsplitting infinitives to avoid spitballs from the Gotcha!

Spitter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who ejects saliva from the mouth.
  • (n.) One who puts meat on a spit.
  • (n.) A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "They think they're hot shit, but they're kind of fuck-ups," says Johnson, who points to the Loopers' choice of weapon – chunky buck-spitters known as Blunderbusses – as evidence of their true status.

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