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Tipper vs Kipper - What's the difference?

tipper | kipper |

As nouns the difference between tipper and kipper

is that tipper is someone who tips, someone who gives a tip while kipper is a split, salted and smoked herring.

As a verb kipper is

to prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.

As an adjective kipper is

amorous.

tipper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who tips, someone who gives a tip.
    • The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.
  • A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.
  • (slang) A small moustache.
    • English agent nouns

    kipper

    English

    (wikipedia kipper)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A split, salted and smoked herring.
  • A salmon after spawning.
  • (military, RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.

    • Derived terms

    * kipper tie

    Verb

  • (cooking) To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • There was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, and a lamb's head, and a haggis

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect) amorous
  • (UK, dialect) lively; light-footed; nimble
    • (Halliwell)
    English transitive verbs