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Scraper vs Wiper - What's the difference?

scraper | wiper |

As nouns the difference between scraper and wiper

is that scraper is an instrument with which anything is scraped while wiper is someone who wipes.

scraper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument with which anything is scraped.
  • An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.
  • An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
  • An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
  • In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
  • One who scrapes horns.
  • One who plays awkwardly on a violin.
  • One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
  • Anagrams

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    wiper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone who wipes
  • * Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin
  • So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers!
  • something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping
  • something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping
  • a movable electric contact in some device
  • (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.