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Neap vs Nape - What's the difference?

neap | nape |

As nouns the difference between neap and nape

is that neap is the tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals or neap can be while nape is the back part of the neck or nape can be (obsolete) a tablecloth.

As verbs the difference between neap and nape

is that neap is to trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides while nape is to bombard with napalm.

As an adjective neap

is designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.

neap

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare dialectal Norwegian .

Noun

(en noun)
  • The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.
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    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.
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    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

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    nape

    English

    (wikipedia nape)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The back part of the neck.
    • Synonyms
    * (l), (l) (medicine) * (l), (l) * (l) (of a horse)

    See also

    * hindneck

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) nape, . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A tablecloth.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    Short for napalm.

    Verb

  • To bombard with napalm.

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