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What is the difference between swop and swap?

swop | swap |

Swap is a alternative form of swop.



As nouns the difference between swop and swap

is that swop is an alternative spelling of lang=en while swap is an exchange of two comparable things.

As verbs the difference between swop and swap

is that swop is an alternative spelling of lang=en while swap is to exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).

swop

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)

    • Verb

  • * 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 315:
    • 'We make a pair, by God and by St James! / But, brother, what do you say to swopping names?'

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia swop)
  • A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    swap

    English

    (wikipedia swap)

    Alternative forms

    * swop

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An exchange of two comparable things.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
  • (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
    • How much swap do you need?

    Derived terms

    * credit default swap * swap meet * total return swap * swapsies

    Synonyms

    * barter * trade * quid pro quo

    Verb

    (swapp)
  • To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
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  • (label) To strike, hit.
  • *:
  • *:And soo sir launcelot rode on the one syde and she on the other / he had not ryden but a whyle / but the knyghte badde sir Launcelot torne hym and loke behynde hym // and there wyth was the knyghte and the lady on one syde / & sodenly he swapped of his ladyes hede
  • (label) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
  • :
  • *(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
  • *:All suddenly she swapt adown to ground.
  • (label) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.

    • Derived terms

    * swap in, swap out

    Synonyms

    * (exchange) exchange, trade, switch

    Anagrams

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