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Gype vs Kype - What's the difference?

gype | kype |

As nouns the difference between gype and kype

is that gype is (ulster) fool; clumsy, awkward person; long-legged person; silly girl while kype is the hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male salmon when it is ready to spawn.

gype

English

Alternative forms

* gipe

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Ulster) fool; clumsy, awkward person; long-legged person; silly girl
    • ----

    kype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male salmon when it is ready to spawn.

    • See also

    *Oncorhynchus , a genus named for the kype.

    References

    * kype, Collins English Dictionary * kype, Oxford English Dictionary