Moped vs Mopped - What's the difference?
moped | mopped |
(mope)
Melancholy, dejected.
* , I.iii.1.2:
A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.
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(mop)
An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
(humorous) A dense head of hair.
(British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
(British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
A made-up face; a grimace.
* (rfdate) (Francis Beaumont) and
* 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
To make a wry expression with the mouth.
As verbs the difference between moped and mopped
is that moped is past tense of mope while mopped is past tense of mop.As an adjective moped
is melancholy, dejected.As a noun moped
is a lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.moped
English
Etymology 1
From .Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad […].
Etymology 2
From (etyl) moped.Alternative forms
* mo-pedNoun
(wikipedia moped) (en noun)Noun
mopped
English
Verb
(head)mop
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia mop)- He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
- (Halliwell)
- What mops and mowes it makes! --
- Before you can say 'Come' and 'Go,'
- And breathe twice; and cry 'so, so,'
- Each one, tripping on his toe,
- Will be here with mop and mow.
Derived terms
* mophead * mop squeezer * mop waterDescendants
* German: (l)Verb
(mopp)- to mop (or scrub) a floor
- to mop one's face with a handkerchief
- (Shakespeare)