better vs bettor
Definitions
verb
- get better
- surpass in excellence
- to make better
noun
- the superior one of two alternatives
- someone who bets
- something superior in quality or condition or effect
- a superior person having claim to precedence
adverb
- from a position of superiority or authority
- comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
adjective
- more than half
- (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
- (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
- (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
Examples
It would almost be better to have no backbench bills at all than the current system, which offers a false glimmer of hope.
Would reverse flow undergravel filtration be better?
Based upon analysis of duplicate samples, reproducibility was better than 3% of the measured concentration of each element.
Definitions
noun
- someone who bets
Examples
Thalheimer acknowledged that slots are only the beginning, and they should be used as a way to convert bettors of that kind into horseplayers.
Bettors deposit money in advance with the OTB and then call when they want to bet on a horse race.
They began a hunt to identify conspirators and abettors of the violence.