Aspen vs Asper - What's the difference?
aspen | asper |
A kind of poplar tree (genus ).
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(uncountable) The wood of such a tree.
(phonetics) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
(historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
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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)- 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.
- She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which make a wicker basket.
Hyponyms
* (poplar tree)Anagrams
* * * * * * ----asper
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) aspre (modern .Alternative forms
* aspreNoun
(-)Etymology 2
(etyl), from (etyl) aspre or (etyl) aspro, both from (etyl)Alternative forms
* aspronNoun
(en noun)- 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.