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Aper vs Gaper - What's the difference?

aper | gaper |

As nouns the difference between aper and gaper

is that aper is someone who apes something while gaper is one who gapes; a starer.

aper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who apes something
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    Synonyms

    * imitator

    Anagrams

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    gaper

    English

    (wikipedia gaper) (Serranus cabrilla)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who gapes; a starer.
  • Any of several species of burrowing clams.
  • The comber, a fish of the species .
  • The fish

    • Hyponyms

    * (burrowing clams) king clam

    Derived terms

    * blue-billed gaper * blunt gaper * fat gaper * gaper clam * gaper pea crab * gaper snake-eel * gapers' block * gapeworm * little gaper * Pacific gaper * redeye gaper * sand gaper * sickle-billed gaper

    Synonyms

    * (fish) comber

    Anagrams

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