Nap vs Hap - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between nap and hap

is that nap is a short period of sleep, especially one during the day while hap is that which happens; an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event; chance; fortune; luck.

As verbs the difference between nap and hap

is that nap is to have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day while hap is to happen; to befall; to chance.

nap

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) nappen, from (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day

Synonyms

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Derived terms

* catnap * dirt nap

Verb

(napp)

to have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day

to be off one's guard

* Hudibras

I took thee napping , unprepared.

The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.

Derived terms

* catch napping

Synonyms

* snooze * doze

Etymology 2

From (etyl) , from (etyl)

Noun

(-)

A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.

* 1591 , , by William Shakespeare

I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.

*1851 ,

On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap' to it, like the worn ' nap of his broad-brimmed hat.

* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 37:

There were low bookshelves, there was a thick pinkish Chinese rug in which a gopher could have spent a week without showing his nose above the nap .

Verb

(napp)

to form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather)

Etymology 3

* From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France (Bonaparte)

Noun

(en noun)

(British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips

(uncountable, games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly (Napoleon)

Derived terms

* go nap

Etymology 4

possibly Scandanavian, cognate with nab, see Swedish

Verb

(napp)

(obsolete) to grab; to nab

Derived terms

* kidnap

Etymology 5

From (etyl) napper, from .

Verb

(napp)

(cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive)

* 2006 , Wayne Gisslen, Mary Ellen Griffin, Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs? :

Vanilla ice cream topped with a poached or canned pear half, napped with chocolate sauce, and garnished with toasted sliced almonds.

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hap

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) hap, . The verb is from (etyl) happen, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

That which happens; an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event; chance; fortune; luck.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,

URSULA. She's lim'd, I warrant you: we have caught her, madam.

HERO. If it prove so, then loving goes by haps :

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

* Spenser

whether art it was or heedless hap

* Sir Philip Sidney

Cursed be good haps', and cursed be they that build / Their hopes on ' haps .

* 1851 , :

He at once resolved to accompany me to that island, ship aboard the same vessel, get into the same watch, the same boat, the same mess with me, in short to share my every hap ; with both my hands in his, boldly dip into the Potluck of both worlds.

Derived terms

* hapful * haphazard * hapless * haply * happen * happenstance * happy * hapsome * mayhap * mishap * perhaps

Verb

(happ)

(literary) to happen; to befall; to chance.

(literary) To happen to.

Etymology 2

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)

(UK, Scotland, dialect) A wrap, such as a quilt or a comforter. Also, a small or folded blanket placed on the end of a bed to keep feet warm.

Verb

(happ)

(dialect) To wrap or clothe.

* Dr. J. Brown

The surgeon happed her up carefully.

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