Cropper vs Dropper - What's the difference?
cropper | dropper |
a fall, a tumble; see come a cropper
* 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 185:
a person who nurtures and gathers a crop
a variety of plant producing a good harvest
A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
* 1964 : Heroin by
*:When it shoots up the dropper' s neck
One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
* 1975 , Alison M. Abel, Popular party games (page 11)
(computing) A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
(fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
(mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
As nouns the difference between cropper and dropper
is that cropper is a fall, a tumble; see come a cropper while dropper is a utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.As a proper noun Cropper
is {{surname|A=An|English occupational|from=occupations}} for a cropper.cropper
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- But to myself I thought: ‘Considering that for eight whole years I sat on the front bench as top of the class while he drifted about somewhere in the middle, he can hardly fail to nourish a wish, left over from his schooldays, that some day or other I may come a complete cropper.’
Etymology 2
a bird's cropEtymology 3
an agricultural cropNoun
(en noun)- That potato I grew last year was a good cropper .
dropper
English
Noun
(en noun)- 'Cause when the blood begins to flow
- The dropper left the suitcase with the bomb next to the garbage can.
- The child with the letter runs around the outside of the ring, repeating the words over and over again, and at one point drops the letter behind one of the players, who must pick it up and chase the dropper .
