As nouns the difference between tapet and taper
is that
tapet is (obsolete) a decorative wall-hanging; a hanging cloth or piece of tapestry while
taper is a slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light or
taper can be (weaving) one who operates a tape machine.
As a verb taper is
to make thinner or narrower at one end.
tapet English
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A decorative wall-hanging; a hanging cloth or piece of tapestry.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xi:
- in those Tapets weren fashioned / Many faire pourtraicts, and many a faire feate [...].
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taper English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) taper, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
* ~1603 , William Shakespeare, ''Othello, Act I, scene I, line 157:
- strike on the tinder, ho!/ Give me a taper .
* 1913 ,
- Love used to carry a bow, you know,
- But now he carries a taper ;
- It is either a length of wax aglow,
- Or a twist of lighted paper.
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
- the taper of a spire.
- The legs of the table had a slight taper to them.
A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
Derived terms
* taperwise
Verb
( en verb)
To make thinner or narrower at one end.
* 1851 ,
- Though true cylinders without — within, the villanous green goggling glasses deceitfully tapered downwards to a cheating bottom.
To diminish gradually.
Derived terms
* taper off
Synonyms
* narrow
Etymology 2
Noun
( en noun)
(weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
Someone who works with tape or tapes.
Anagrams
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