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Cooter vs Cooper - What's the difference?

cooter | cooper |

As nouns the difference between cooter and cooper

is that cooter is a freshwater tortoise of the eastern United States of the genus genus: Pseudemus while cooper is a craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

As a proper noun Cooper is

{{surname|A=An|English occupational|from=occupations}} derived from cooper.

As a verb cooper is

to make and repair barrels etc.

cooter

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia cooter)
  • A freshwater tortoise of the eastern United States of the genus .
  • The box turtle.
  • (slang) A redneck.
  • See also

    * Cooter Brown

    Etymology 2

    Compare cooch.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) vagina.
  • * 2006 , Tiva Wallon, A Donovan to Love (page 65)
  • There was a bright red tongue tattooed over most of her cooter and there was a thick, gold ring that had been pierced through her clit.

    cooper

    Translingual

    Proper noun

    (mul-proper noun)
  • A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Daniel Cooper (~1817-1842).