Bumper vs Cooper - What's the difference?
bumper | cooper |
(obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
* 1818 , Keats, :
*:Yet can I gulp a bumper to thy name,—
*:O smile among the shades, for this is fame!
* 1859 , Dickens, A tale of two cities ,
(colloquial) Anything large or successful (now usually attributively).
(automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender
Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact
* The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.
Someone or something that bumps.
(cricket) A bouncer.
(billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
(broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
(slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
(colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Daniel Cooper (~1817-1842).
As nouns the difference between bumper and cooper
is that bumper is (obsolete) a drinking vessel filled to the brim while cooper is a craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.As an adjective bumper
is (colloquial) large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.As a verb cooper is
to make and repair barrels etc.bumper
English
Noun
(en noun)- they now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion.
- Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers , looking at his friend.
Adjective
(-)- We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.
cooper
Translingual
Proper noun
(mul-proper noun)External links
*Author query of the International Plant Names Index----
