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Aspen vs Asper - What's the difference?

aspen | asper |

As nouns the difference between aspen and asper

is that aspen is a kind of poplar tree (genus section: Populus sect. Populus) while asper is rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

As a proper noun Aspen

is a ski-resort town in Colorado.

As an adjective asper is

rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.

aspen

Noun

(en noun)
  • A kind of poplar tree (genus ).
  • Above a certain elevation, the aspens gave way to scrubby, gnarled pines.
  • *
  • Instead there were the white of aspens , streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves.
  • (uncountable) The wood of such a tree.
  • She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which make a wicker basket.

    Hyponyms

    * (poplar tree)

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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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