Hopper vs Feeder - What's the difference?
hopper | feeder |
A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
One who hops.
The immature form of a locust.
The larva of a cheese fly.
An artificial fishing lure.
A toilet.
* 2010 , Robert Hudson, Stories of an Unusual Life (page 250)
An escapement lever in a piano; a grasshopper.
A Sri Lankan food made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
(obsolete) The game of hopscotch.
That which feeds.
That which is used to feed.
A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
A branch line of a railway
A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
The pitcher.
(video games, derogatory) A player who is killed by the opposing player or team more than once through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
* 2010 , Niall Richardson, Transgressive Bodies
As nouns the difference between hopper and feeder
is that hopper is a temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped while feeder is that which feeds.As a proper noun Hopper
is {{surname}.hopper
English
Noun
(en noun)- To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
- The fresh-water container for the house was above the ceiling directly over the toilet. One day, I was comfortably seated on the hopper minding my own business, when a large portion of the ceiling came crashing down
- (Johnson)
Derived terms
* leaf-hopper * hip-hopper * in the hopper * rockhopper * space hopper * table-hopperExternal links
(wikipedia "hopper") ----feeder
English
Noun
(en noun)- a bird feeder
- Stop feeding! You feeder .
- Often similes such as 'soft as velvet' or 'fluffy like a cloud' will be employed and the feeder will describe how he feels he can be lost in the enveloping folds of soft flesh.
