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Napper vs Sapper - What's the difference?

napper | sapper |

As nouns the difference between napper and sapper

is that napper is a person who takes a nap while sapper is one who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like often known as a combat engineer'' or ''military engineer .

napper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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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    sapper

    English

    (wikipedia sapper)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. Often known as a combat engineer'' or ''military engineer .
  • (British, colloquial) an officer or private of the Royal Engineers.