Dexter vs Deter - What's the difference?
dexter | deter |
Right; on the right-hand side.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1887
, title = Crimes of Christianity
, author = (George William Foote)
, coauthors = J. M. Wheeler
, location = London
, publisher = Progressive Publishing
, passage = Displaying his dexter palm, he exclaimed that there was a hand that never took a bribe; whereupon a smart auditor cried "How about the one behind your back?"
}}
* 1911 , (Saki), ‘The Match-Maker’, The Chronicles of Clovis :
(heraldry) The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
right hand
To prevent something from happening.
To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
As an adjective dexter
is right; on the right-hand side.As a noun dexter
is the right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.As a proper noun Dexter
is {{surname|A=An occupational|from=occupations}} for a female dyer.As a verb deter is
to prevent something from happening.dexter
English
Adjective
(-)- Clovis wiped the trace of Turkish coffee and the beginnings of a smile from his lips, and slowly lowered his dexter eyelid.
Noun
(en noun)See also
* sinister ----deter
English
Verb
(deterr)- we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise