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Wapper vs Napper - What's the difference?

wapper | napper |

As nouns the difference between wapper and napper

is that wapper is a gudgeon while napper is a person who takes a nap.

As a verb wapper

is to cause to shake; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.

wapper

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A gudgeon.

    • Etymology 2

    Frequentative of wap; compare (etyl) dialect wappern, wippern, to move up and down, to rock.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to shake; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    napper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who takes a nap
  • (obsolete) a sheep stealer
  • (slang) the head
  • (obsolete) a machine used to raise the nap on cloth
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