The difference between Fresher and Frosh

When used as nouns, fresher means a first year student at a university, whereas frosh means a frog.


Frosh is also verb with the meaning: to initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fresher and Frosh

  1. Fresher as an adjective:

  1. Fresher as a noun (British):

    A first year student at a university; a freshman .

  2. Fresher as a noun (Indian):

    A fresh graduate looking for his or her first job.

  1. Frosh as a noun (now, dialectal):

    A frog.

  1. Frosh as a noun (colloquial):

    A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.

    Examples:

    "That frosh is really getting on my nerves!"

  1. Frosh as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.

    Examples:

    "This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form."

  2. Frosh as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To damage through incompetence.

    Examples:

    "Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism."

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