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.

Chopper vs Cropper - What's the difference?

chopper | cropper |

As nouns the difference between chopper and cropper

is that chopper is a tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax while cropper is a fall, a tumble; see come a cropper.

As a verb chopper

is to travel or transport by helicopter.

As a proper noun Cropper is

{{surname|A=An|English occupational|from=occupations}} for a cropper.

chopper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tool for ping wood; an axe/ax.
  • A knife for chopping food.
  • (informal) A helicopter.
  • (slang) The penis.
  • (informal) A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker / bikie gangs.
  • (slang) An or similar assault rifle.
  • (electronics) Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
  • Synonyms

    * (helicopter) whirlybird * cock, dick, knob, prick

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal) To travel or transport by helicopter.
  • cropper

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a fall, a tumble; see come a cropper
  • * 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 185:
  • But to myself I thought: ‘Considering that for eight whole years I sat on the front bench as top of the class while he drifted about somewhere in the middle, he can hardly fail to nourish a wish, left over from his schooldays, that some day or other I may come a complete cropper.’

    Etymology 2

    a bird's crop

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a breed of domestic pigeon with large crop
  • Etymology 3

    an agricultural crop

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who nurtures and gathers a crop
  • a variety of plant producing a good harvest
  • That potato I grew last year was a good cropper .
  • A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.