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Kype vs Wype - What's the difference?

kype | wype |

As nouns the difference between kype and wype

is that kype is the hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male salmon when it is ready to spawn while wype is the wipe, or lapwing.

kype

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male salmon when it is ready to spawn.

    • See also

    *Oncorhynchus , a genus named for the kype.

    References

    * kype, Collins English Dictionary * kype, Oxford English Dictionary

    wype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) The wipe, or lapwing.
    • (Webster 1913)