Kipper vs Player - What's the difference?
kipper | player |
A split, salted and smoked herring.
A salmon after spawning.
(military, RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
(cooking) To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.
* Charles Dickens
(UK, dialect) amorous
(UK, dialect) lively; light-footed; nimble
One that plays
# One who plays any game or sport.
# (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
# (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
# (gaming, video games) A gamer; a gamester.
# (gambling) A gambler.
# (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
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# (electronics) An electronic device or software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as CD player.
One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
A significant participant.
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(informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
As nouns the difference between kipper and player
is that kipper is a split, salted and smoked herring while player is one that plays.As a verb kipper
is (cooking) to prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.As an adjective kipper
is (uk|dialect) amorous.kipper
English
(wikipedia kipper)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* kipper tieVerb
- There was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, and a lamb's head, and a haggis
Adjective
(en adjective)- (Halliwell)
player
English
Noun
(en noun)- He thought he could become a player , at least at the state level.
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