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Gipper vs Kipper - What's the difference?

gipper | kipper |

As nouns the difference between gipper and kipper

is that gipper is one who gips (i.e., cleans fish in preparation for curing) while kipper is a split, salted and smoked herring.

As a verb kipper is

to prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.

As an adjective kipper is

amorous.

gipper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who gips (i.e. , cleans fish in preparation for curing).
  • * 1641 , Simon Smith, The Herring-Bu??e Trade , page 9:
    • One man takes the Herrings out of the VVell with the Ladner, and fils the Gippers' baskets. // 9 ' Gippers which cut their throats, and takes out the Guts, and fling the ful Herring into one Basket, and the ?hotten Herring into another.

    References

    * ‘ Gi·pper]’ s.v.'' “Gip, ''v.''” on page 173/1 of § 2 (G) of volume IV (F and G, ed. (Henry Bradley), 1901) of ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles] (1st ed.)

    kipper

    English

    (wikipedia kipper)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A split, salted and smoked herring.
  • A salmon after spawning.
  • (military, RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.

    • Derived terms

    * kipper tie

    Verb

  • (cooking) To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • There was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, and a lamb's head, and a haggis

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect) amorous
  • (UK, dialect) lively; light-footed; nimble
    • (Halliwell)
    English transitive verbs