Nappe vs Napper - What's the difference?
nappe | napper |
The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
(mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.
(geology) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
* 2004 , Richard Fortey, The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 96:
(hydraulics) Nappe, the underside of which is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
(cooking) The ability of a liquid to "coat the back of a spoon" or the act of coating a food.
As nouns the difference between nappe and napper
is that nappe is the profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop while napper is a person who takes a nap.nappe
English
Noun
(en noun)- The generation of an Alpine mountain range is a matter of piling on the nappes .
- to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze.
