What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

What is the difference between burrow and clapper?

burrow | clapper |

As nouns the difference between burrow and clapper

is that burrow is a tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature while clapper is one who claps or clapper can be (obsolete) a rabbit burrow.

As verbs the difference between burrow and clapper

is that burrow is to dig a tunnel or hole while clapper is to ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.

burrow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels' for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the ' burrows the real rabbits lived in.
  • (mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
  • A mound.
  • An incorporated town.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dig a tunnel or hole.

    • clapper

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who claps.
  • An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring.
  • A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
  • (label) A pounding block.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
  • *

    • Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A rabbit burrow.
    • (Webster 1913) ----