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Clapper vs Clasper - What's the difference?

clapper | clasper |

As nouns the difference between clapper and clasper

is that clapper is one who claps while clasper is anything that clasps.

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.
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    clasper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that clasps
  • (biology) Any of several appendages, in insects, crustacea and fish, that are used to clasp the female during copulation

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