Rapider vs Rapier - What's the difference?
rapider | rapier |
(rapid)
Very swift or quick.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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, title= Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
(England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
(obsolete, dialectal) Happy.
(often, in the plural) a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
(dated) A burst of rapid fire.
A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless).
* , act IV scene 1
Extremely sharp.
Cutting smarts or keen wit.
As adjectives the difference between rapider and rapier
is that rapider is comparative of rapid while rapier is extremely sharp.As a noun rapier is
a slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless).rapider
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*rapid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels.
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rapidity * rapidly * rapidness * ultrarapidAnagrams
*rapier
English
(wikipedia rapier)Noun
(en noun)- […] In his lawless fit,
- Behind the arras hearing something stir,
- Whips out his rapier , cries ‘A rat, a rat!’
- And in this brainish apprehension kills
- The unseen good old man.
Adjective
(en adjective)- John is very quick on his feet during interviews by using his rapier responses.