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Locked vs Tamper - What's the difference?

locked | tamper |

As verbs the difference between locked and tamper

is that locked is (lock) while tamper is to alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.

As an adjective locked

is of a door, etc, that has been locked (with a key).

As a noun tamper is

a person or thing that tamps.

locked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (lock)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a door, etc, that has been locked (with a key).
  • (Dublin) Very drunk.A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English, Terence Patrick Dolan , p.142.

    • tamper

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or thing that tamps.
  • A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.
  • (in professional sports) To discuss future contracts against league rules with a player.