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Tipcat vs Tipcart - What's the difference?

tipcat | tipcart |

As nouns the difference between tipcat and tipcart

is that tipcat is an old game in which a small piece of wood, pointed at both ends, called a "cat", is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible while tipcart is a cart constructed so that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load.

tipcat

English

Alternative forms

* tip-cat

Noun

(en noun) (Tip-cat)
  • An old game in which a small piece of wood, pointed at both ends, called a "cat", is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible.
    • In the middle of a game at tipcat , he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand. — Macaulay.
  • The wooden stick used in this game.

    • tipcart

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cart constructed so that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load.
    • (Webster 1913)