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Clipper vs Clippers - What's the difference?

clipper | clippers |

As nouns the difference between clipper and clippers

is that clipper is anything that clips while clippers is or clippers can be a tool for clipping something.

clipper

English

Noun

(wikipedia clipper) (en noun)
  • Anything that clips.
  • * 2010 , James Morrow, The Last Witchfinder
    • Surtouts billowing in an unseasonably fierce wind, the ursine Chelmsford magistrate and his equally bulky constable herded their bound prisoners – three murderers, three thieves, a coin clipper , two convicted witches – across the Common
  • (chiefly, in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
  • Something that moves swiftly; especially:
  • # (nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
  • # (informal) An Alberta clipper.
  • (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.

    • Derived terms

    * (Dutch; nautical ) klipper, klipperaak (g) * Alberta clipper

    See also

    * Clipper chip

    Anagrams

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    clippers

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    (Hair clipper)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • A tool for clipping something.
  • * 2010 , , Questionable Content 1697: Whoa Ooh Ahh Oww
    • TAI: One time I was using some clippers to trim downstairs and I totally caught my labia.

    Anagrams

    * English pluralia tantum ----