Napper vs Capper - What's the difference?
napper | capper |
a person who takes a nap
(obsolete) a sheep stealer
(slang) the head
(obsolete) a machine used to raise the nap on cloth
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One that caps.
A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
A person that makes or sells caps.
A finale.
* {{quote-news, 2009, February 1, Joe Queenan, Super Bowl Suits, New York Times
, passage=The real capper is when St. John starts fawning over Hugh Hefner , host of the finest Super Bowl party known to man, musing: “The question isn’t whether Hef is the hippest octogenarian on the planet. }}
(US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
As nouns the difference between napper and capper
is that napper is a person who takes a nap while capper is one that caps.napper
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