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Slipstick vs Slapstick - What's the difference?

slipstick | slapstick |

As nouns the difference between slipstick and slapstick

is that slipstick is a slide rule while slapstick is physical comedy, e.g. slipping on a banana peel, exaggeratedly losing balance, walking into walls etc.

slipstick

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A slide rule.

    • Anagrams

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    slapstick

    English

    (wikipedia slapstick)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) physical comedy, e.g. slipping on a banana peel, exaggeratedly losing balance, walking into walls etc.
  • (countable) a pair of sticks tied together at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect for (1)

    • Derived terms

    *slapsticker *slapstickery