The difference between Tease and Teaser

When used as nouns, tease means one who teases, whereas teaser means one who teases or pokes fun.

Tease is also verb with the meaning: to separate the fibres of a fibrous material.

check bellow for the other definitions of Tease and Teaser

  1. Tease as a verb:

    to separate the fibres of a fibrous material

  2. Tease as a verb:

    to comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction

  3. Tease as a verb:

    to back-comb

  4. Tease as a verb (transitive):

    to poke fun at

  5. Tease as a verb (transitive):

    to provoke or disturb; to annoy

  6. Tease as a verb (transitive):

    to manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation

  7. Tease as a verb (transitive):

    to entice, tempt

  8. Tease as a verb (transitive, informal):

    to show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser

  1. Tease as a noun:

    one who teases

  2. Tease as a noun:

    a single act of teasing

  3. Tease as a noun:

    One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: cock tease cocktease cockteaser prickteaser"

  1. Teaser as a noun:

    One who teases or pokes fun.

  2. Teaser as a noun:

    A person or thing that teases (textile treatment).

  3. Teaser as a noun:

    A short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show, usually as a preliminary for its main advertising.

  4. Teaser as a noun (UK, dialect):

    A kind of gull, the jaeger.

  5. Teaser as a noun (electrical):

    A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.

  6. Teaser as a noun:

    The stoker of a glassworks furnace.

  7. Teaser as a noun (theatre):

    A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.

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