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Hopper vs Popper - What's the difference?

hopper | popper |

As proper nouns the difference between hopper and popper

is that hopper is while popper is .

hopper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
  • A toilet.
  • * 2010 , Robert Hudson, Stories of an Unusual Life (page 250)
    • 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
  • 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.
    • (Johnson)

    Derived terms

    * leaf-hopper * hip-hopper * in the hopper * rockhopper * space hopper * table-hopper

    External links

    (wikipedia "hopper") ----

    popper

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who pops.
  • (label) A dagger.
  • * 14thC , '', 2003, Walter W. Skeat (editor) ''Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer , Part 2, page 468,
    • A joly popper baar he in his pouche ; / Ther was no man for peril dorste him touche.
  • A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked.
  • (label) A capsule of amyl nitrite for recreational use as a sexual stimulant.
  • (label) A floating lure designed to splash when the fishing line is twitched.
  • Either of a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing.
  • A device that pops kernels of corn to produce popcorn.
  • A stuffed and usually breaded .
    • Synonyms
    * (twisted string tied to the end of a whip) cracker * (one of a pair of interlocking discs used instead of buttons) snap, snap fastener, press stud
    Derived terms
    * air popper * cherry-popper * party popper * pill popper

    Etymology 2

    From , a brand name owned by Queensland United Foods; from 1978.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A juice box.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=Advice on Skiing Europe , group=aus.snow , author=Richard Harrowell , date=September 5 , year=1997 , passage=Again buy your own food - for lunch you get some tomato, some Jambon Fume (proscuitto) and a baguette along with some poppers and your(sic) have a feast. citation English agent nouns