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Gripper vs Gipper - What's the difference?

gripper | gipper |

As nouns the difference between gripper and gipper

is that gripper is a person or thing that grips something while gipper is one who gips (i.e., cleans fish in preparation for curing).

gripper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a person or thing that something
  • a cover on the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, that makes it easier to grip.
  • (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice
  • (rail transport, slang) a ticket collector
  • A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.

    • Derived terms

    * microgripper English agent nouns ----

    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.)