What's the difference between verser and versifier?

Verser


Definition:

  • (n.) A versifier.

Example Sentences:

Versifier


Definition:

  • (n.) One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every versifier is a poet.
  • (n.) One who converts into verse; one who expresses in verse the ideas of another written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a versifier of the Psalms.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) John Byrom, a lazy, self-indulgent 18th-century versifier, had three black hedgehogs on his coat of arms.
  • (2) It meant both that Jews might misread poems as anti-semitic and that anti-semites might versify their prejudices.

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