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Harper vs Harder - What's the difference?

harper | harder |

As a proper noun harper

is for a player of the harp.

As an adjective harder is

(hard).

As a noun harder is

(south africa) any of several species of mullet often used to make bokkoms.

harper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A harpist.
  • (obsolete) An old Irish brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp.
    • (Ben Jonson)
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    harder

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (hard)
    • He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder .
    Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) harder'' / ''herder : mullet.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (South Africa) Any of several species of mullet often used to make bokkoms.
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