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Knapped vs Napped - What's the difference?

knapped | napped |

As verbs the difference between knapped and napped

is that knapped is (knap) while napped is (nap).

knapped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (knap)

    • knap

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) knappen, an onomatopeia

    Verb

    (knapp)
  • To shape a vitreous mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.) by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point.
  • To rap or strike sharply.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • *1820 , The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine , volume 8, no.43, page 81, October 1820.
  • *:Some entered the ring in very bad condition, and immediately got a-piping, like hot mutton pies - fell on their own blows, and knapped it every round, till they shewed the white feather and bolted.
  • *1977 , Marilynne K. Roach, Encounters with the Invisible World , page 10, ISBN 0690012772.
  • *:"That will be sixpence," he said without looking up. She knapped her lips together and turned on her heel without another word.
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
  • * Dr. H. More:
    • He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth.
  • * Psalms xlvi. 9 (Book of Common Prayer):
    • He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder.
  • * 1821 , John Clare, "The Village Minstrel":
    • "Horses..turn'd to knap each other at their ease."
  • To make a sound of snapping.
    • (Wiseman)
    Usage notes
    (to shape a vitreous mineral'') In modern usage ''knap is restricted to the specific technique of percussion flaking whereby flakes are removed across an entire face or facet leaving a conchoidal fracture. It is distinguished from the more general verb (chip) and is different from "carve" (removing only part of a face), and "cleave" (breaking along a natural plane). The term is used in archaeology for the production of flaked stone tools and in gunsmithing for the production of gunflints. Knap is rarely used in stonemasonry except to denote fine chipping done with smaller hammers but without the chisel.
    Synonyms
    * (break flakes from a mineral) chip
    Derived terms
    * knapper
    Related terms
    * knapsack

    See also

    * conchoidal * flake * hinge * pressure flaking

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp blow or slap.
  • *2012 , Andrew Ashenden, Basics of Stage Combat: Unarmed , ISBN 1612330711.
  • *:It tells the audience the punch was thrown, they hear a knap , and the victim is 'injured'.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) , akin to cnotta 'knot'

    Noun

  • (en noun) (chiefly dialect )
  • A protuberance; a swelling; a knob.
  • The crest of a hill
  • A small hill
  • * Holland
    • the highest part and knap of the same island
    (Webster 1913) ----

    napped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nap)

    • Anagrams

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    nap

    English

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short period of sleep, especially one during the day
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * catnap * dirt nap
    See also
    See for collocations of 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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