As nouns the difference between clapperboard and clapper
is that clapperboard is a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production while clapper is one who claps.
As a verb clapper is
to ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
clapperboard
English
Alternative forms
* clapper board
Noun
(
en noun)
(film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
Synonyms
* (film) clapboard, clapstick, slate, slate board, sync slate, sticks, board, marker
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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