Topper vs Topping - What's the difference?
topper | topping |
Something that is on top.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 26, author=Cameron Adams, title=Sniffer dogs have their Big Day Out, work=Herald Sun
, passage=UK act the Prodigy will headline the Boiler Room, with chart toppers the Ting Tings playing at 2.15pm on the green stage.}}
A top hat.
Something for removing the top of something.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 14, author=Amanda Hesser, title=2000: Le Bernardin’s Croque-Monsieur, work=New York Times
, passage=The only problem is that the best egg toppers , which are different from egg cutters, are an investment — the Inox professional egg topper is $55 at surlatable.com .}}
Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.
A single-handed dinghy, 11 foot (3.6 metres) in length, with only one sail.
Head, chief.
(dated, slang) A fine or remarkable person.
(UK, informal, dated) wonderful
* 1953 , Roald Dahl, Galloping Foxley
(archaic) Assuming superiority; proud.
* South
any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza
The act of cutting off the top of something.
(nautical) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
As nouns the difference between topper and topping
is that topper is something that is on top while topping is any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.As a verb topping is
.As an adjective topping is
(uk|informal|dated) wonderful.topper
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(en adjective)- 'Well,' he said, settling back in the seat directly opposite. 'It's a topping day.'
- The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world.