As nouns the difference between hopping and lapping
is that hopping is (british) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of kent or hopping can be the act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing while lapping is a kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
As verbs the difference between hopping and lapping
is that hopping is while lapping is .
hopping
English
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling () of
Noun
(
en noun)
(British) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.
* Hopping Down in Kent , Alan Bignell (1977).
* 1915 , ":
*:He took his whole family to a hop-field in Kent, not far from Mrs. Athelny's home, and they spent three weeks hopping .
The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent
Etymology 2
to hop
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
en noun)
The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
(countable, physics) A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.
lapping
English
Verb
(head)
Derived terms
* lapping engine, lapping machine
Noun
(
en noun)
A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
- (Ure)
Anagrams
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