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Compter vs Copter - What's the difference?

compter | copter |

As nouns the difference between compter and copter

is that compter is (obsolete) a counter (en) while copter is (informal) a helicopter.

As a verb copter is

(informal|transitive) to helicopter: to transport by helicopter.

compter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A counter. (en)
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
  • * 2003 , John Hamilton Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England , Oxford, page 284
    • Each sheriff had his own compter , which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.
    ----

    copter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A helicopter.
  • * 2005 , (the film),
    • Shellie shouts something I can't quite make out over the racket of a passing police copter .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal) To helicopter: to transport by helicopter.
  • (informal) To helicopter: to travel by helicopter.