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Aped vs Japed - What's the difference?

aped | japed |

As verbs the difference between aped and japed

is that aped is (ape) while japed is (jape).

aped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ape)

    • Anagrams

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    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

    *

    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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    japed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (jape)

    • jape

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A joke or quip.
  • * , "The Pardoner's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales :
    • "Thou bel ami, thou Pardoner," he said,
    "Tell us some mirth of japes right anon."
  • * 1920 , , The Geste of Duke Jocelyn , Fytte 9:
    • [H]e clapped hand to thigh, and laughed and laughed until the air rang again.
    "Oho, a jape'—a ' jape indeed!" he roared.

    Synonyms

    * See

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (jap)
  • To jest; play tricks; joke.
  • * 1886 , , "To Sir John Manndeville" in Letters to Dead Authors :
    • Now the Lond of Egypt longeth to the Soudan, yet the Soudan longeth not to the Lond of Egypt. And when I say this, I do jape with words, and may hap ye understond me not.
  • To mock; deride; gibe; trick; befool.