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Toped vs Stoped - What's the difference?

toped | stoped |

As verbs the difference between toped and stoped

is that toped is (tope) while stoped is (stope).

toped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tope)

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    tope

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (top)
  • (lb) To drink excessively; to get drunk.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus , that has rough skin and a long snout.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A grove of trees.
    • a toddy tope
    (Whitworth)

    Etymology 4

    Probably from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa.
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    stoped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stope)

    • stope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 318,
    • The other smell that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes , from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.

    Derived terms

    * stope assay plan * stope board * stope fillings * stope hoist * stope pillar

    Verb

  • (mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
  • (mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

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