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Clapper vs Clamper - What's the difference?

clapper | clamper |

As nouns the difference between clapper and clamper

is that clapper is one who claps or clapper can be (label) a rabbit burrow while clamper is one who, or that which, clamps.

As a verb clapper

is to ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.

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.
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    • Etymology 2

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    Noun

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

    clamper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, clamps.
    • If you park your car in a no-parking zone, watch out for clampers .
  • An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice.
  • * (Elisha Kane)
    • Both divisions are provided with clampers , to steady them and their sledges on the irregular ice-surfaces
  • (electronics) A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform.

    • Synonyms

    * (attachment to boot or shoe) crampon, creeper