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Aper vs Asper - What's the difference?

aper | asper |

As nouns the difference between aper and asper

is that aper is someone who apes something while asper is (phonetics) rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it or asper can be (historical) any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.

As an adjective asper is

rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.

aper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who apes something
  • * {{quote-book, year=1908, author=Rupert Sargent Holland, title=Builders of United Italy, page=175, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=1yxLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA175
    • , passage=Valerio ridiculed the proposal to his friends and called Cavour an aper of English customs. }}

    Synonyms

    * imitator

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    asper

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) aspre (modern .

    Alternative forms

    * aspre

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • An asper sound.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (phonetics) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) aspre or (etyl) aspro, both from (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * aspron

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
  • * , I.40:
    • And for ten Aspers you shall daily finde some amongst them, that will give themselves a deepe gash with a Scimitarie, either in their armes or thighes.

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