Shopper vs Hopper - What's the difference?
shopper | hopper |
A person who shops.
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, title= A free local newspaper containing advertisements for local shops etc; sometimes includes discount coupons.
A kind of bicycle suited to riding short distances.
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A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
One who hops.
The immature form of a locust.
The larva of a cheese fly.
An artificial fishing lure.
A toilet.
* 2010 , Robert Hudson, Stories of an Unusual Life (page 250)
An escapement lever in a piano; a grasshopper.
A Sri Lankan food made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
(obsolete) The game of hopscotch.
As a noun shopper
is a person who shops.As a proper noun hopper is
.shopper
English
Noun
(en noun)Nick Miroff
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Malc Cowle], [http://www.lulu.com/shop/product-12671066.html The Adventures of a Bicycle Frame Builder
- Every conceivable type of cycle's represented; modern stripped down carbon fibre race bikes, state of the art touring machines and humble shoppers , tandems, tandem trikes, racing trikes and shopping trikes, mountain and BMX bikes.
Derived terms
* mystery shopperAnagrams
* hoppershopper
English
Noun
(en noun)- To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
- The fresh-water container for the house was above the ceiling directly over the toilet. One day, I was comfortably seated on the hopper minding my own business, when a large portion of the ceiling came crashing down
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