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Roper vs Rower - What's the difference?

roper | rower |

As a proper noun roper

is .

As a noun rower is

one who rows.

roper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat.
  • (dated) A maker of ropes.
    • (Piers Plowman)
  • One who ropes goods; a packer.
  • (archaic, slang) One fit to be hanged.
    • (Douce)

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

    (head)

    • rower

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who rows.
  • * 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter VI
    • It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers , with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke.
  • A rowing machine.
  • * 1988 , Richard Allen Winett, Ageless athletes (page 65)
    • Aerobic and weight training sessions should also complement each other. For example, on a day you work your upper body with weights, you can use a rower for aerobics.
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