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Tamper vs Tapper - What's the difference?

tamper | tapper |

As nouns the difference between tamper and tapper

is that tamper is a person or thing that tamps while tapper is one who taps.

As a verb tamper

is to alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.

tamper

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or thing that tamps.
  • A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.
  • (in professional sports) To discuss future contracts against league rules with a player.

    • tapper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who taps
  • * Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
    • A low tap was heard at the room door. Mr. Bob Sawyer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in
  • A tap-dancer
  • A phone tapper or wiretapper
  • (US) A tapster
  • (telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
  • (UK, dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.