Gudgeon vs Wapper - What's the difference?
gudgeon | wapper |
A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio , that is native to Eurasia.
(Australia) Any of various similar small fish of the family , often used as bait.
An idiot; a person easily duped or cheated.
* {{quote-book, author=Robert Jordan, year=2004, page=198, isbn=0765309262
, passage=“Don’t be a gudgeon ,” she grumbled, tugging at the dress much more fiercely than was necessary. “If this works as you say it will, nobody will notice me.”}}
A type of bearing: a circular fitting, often made of metal, which is fixed onto some surface and allows for the pivoting of another fixture.
(nautical) Specifically, in a vessel with a stern-mounted rudder, the fitting into which the pintle of the rudder fits, allowing the rudder to swing freely.
To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe.
* Sir Walter Scott
To cause to shake; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between gudgeon and wapper
is that gudgeon is a small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia while wapper is a gudgeon.As verbs the difference between gudgeon and wapper
is that gudgeon is to deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe while wapper is to cause to shake; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.gudgeon
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) gojune, from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- (Jonathan Swift)
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Synonyms
* (fish of the family Eleotridae)Etymology 2
From (etyl) gudyon, ultimately from .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* gudgeon pinVerb
(en verb)- To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you.