Sopper vs Supper - What's the difference?
sopper | supper |
One who sops.
* 18?? , Thomas Hood, Ode to St. Swithin
Food consumed before going to bed.
Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
As nouns the difference between sopper and supper
is that sopper is one who sops while supper is food consumed before going to bed.As a verb supper is
to consume a snack before retiring.sopper
English
Noun
(en noun)- The very Dryads are not dry, but soppers , / And from the Houses' eaves / Tumble eaves-droppers.''
- (Johnson)
Noun
supper
English
(wikipedia supper)Noun
(en noun)- a fish supper'''; a pizza '''supper