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Tops vs Cops - What's the difference?

tops | cops |

As nouns the difference between tops and cops

is that tops is while cops is .

As an adverb tops

is at the very most; maximum.

As an adjective tops

is (slang|dated) great; excellent.

As a verb tops

is (top).

tops

English

Adverb

(-)
  • At the very most; maximum.
    • Your essay should be two pages, tops .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (slang, dated) Great; excellent.
  • * 1958 , Billboard (5 May 1958, page 139)
    • Joe Issenberg, Al Kahn, A. Amato and B. B. Saunders all agreed that it was tops for a meeting place.

    Noun

    (head)
  • English plurals
  • (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field
    • Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (top)

    • Anagrams

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    cops

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (head)
  • (slang) ; Police officers.
  • * 1986 , Liam Sternberg (performed by The Bangles), Walk Like an Egyptian
    • All the cops in the donut shops say, "Way-oh-way-oh-way-ooo-aaa-ooo"
  • The police, considered as a group entity.
  • * 1906 ,
    • "Maybe he'll git the cops after you, Jack." "I'll watch out fer dat, Nick, an' you must watch out too," answered Jack Sagger.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cop)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (UK, dialect) The connecting crook of a harrow.
  • * 1807 , The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry
    • It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops

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