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Ape vs Tape - What's the difference?

ape | tape |

As nouns the difference between ape and tape

is that ape is a primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail while tape is flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.

As verbs the difference between ape and tape

is that ape is to behave like an ape while tape is to bind with adhesive tape.

As an adjective ape

is wild; crazy.

ape

English

(wikipedia ape)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
  • Any such primate other than a human.
  • (derogatory) An uncivilised person.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * ape-baboon * ape-bearer * apedom * apehood * apelike * apeling * apely * apeman * apeshit * go ape * naked ape

    Verb

    (ap)
  • To behave like an ape.
  • To imitate; mimic.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 454,
    • It is not conceived as a mere “aping ” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.

    Derived terms

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Wild; crazy.
    • We were ape over the new look.
    He went ape when he heard the bad news.

    See also

    * monkey * troop (collective noun) *

    Anagrams

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    tape

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
    • Hand me some tape . I need to fix a tear in this paper.
  • Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
    • After the party there was tape all over the place.
  • Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
    • Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.
  • Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
    • Did you get that on tape ?
  • Unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus
    • Old couples sometimes will play tapes at each other during a fight.
  • (trading , from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
    • Don’t fight the tape .
  • (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
    • His pass was right on the tape .

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * adhesive tape * cassette tape * cut red tape * double-sided tape * duck tape * duck tape * duct tape * gaffer tape * gray tape * magnetic tape * masking tape * on tape * police tape * red tape * scotch tape * Sellotape * sex tape * tale of the tape * tapeworm * tape measure * tape recorder * ticker tape * sticky tape * video tape

    Verb

  • To bind with adhesive tape.
    • Can you tape that together, please?
  • To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
    • You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
  • (informal, passive) To understand, figure out.
    • I've finally got this thing taped.

    Related terms

    * roll tape * tape off

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