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Supe vs Stupe - What's the difference?

supe | stupe |

As verbs the difference between supe and stupe

is that supe is while stupe is to foment with such a cloth or sponge.

As a noun stupe is

(slang) a stupid person or (rarely) thing or stupe can be a hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.

supe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated, slang, theater) A extra or walk-on.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    stupe

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
    • He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe !

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English, from (etyl) , variant of stuppa.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.

    • Verb

    (stup)
  • To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
    • (Wiseman)

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