What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Piper vs Pier - What's the difference?

piper | pier |

As a proper noun piper

is .

As a noun pier is

(lb) (l) (raised platform built from the shore out over water).

piper

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A musician who plays a pipe.
  • A bagpiper.
  • A baby pigeon.
  • A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra ), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
  • A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix ) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
    • Synonyms
    * (bagpiper) bagpiper * (baby pigeon) squab, baby pigeon, pigeon chick
    Derived terms
    * bagpiper * pay the piper * Pied Piper * who pays the piper calls the tune

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena)

    Noun

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    pier

    English

    (wikipedia pier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
  • A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
  • (US, nautical) A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided.
  • A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
  • (architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof.

    • Derived terms

    * abutment pier * pier glass * pierlike * pier table

    See also

    * jetty * mole * wharf

    Anagrams

    * * ----