What's the difference between spitter and spittoon?

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.

Spittoon


Definition:

  • (n.) A spitbox; a cuspidor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Inside, Suge is propped up on a mattress on the floor watching soap operas, an overflowing spittoon at his side.
  • (2) The stuff that sells at auction and that has collectors salivating into their silver spittoons invariably comes from Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhône Valley or, at a pinch, the Loire or Champagne.
  • (3) Suge is crying, spitting tears into the spittoon, moved by his father's accusation that he never prayed enough before the accident.
  • (4) The two men were seated on a heavy black-wood sofa, beside an aluminium spittoon.
  • (5) Mr Griffin is the bankrupt leader of a bankrupt movement, while the BNP is a political spittoon.

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