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Weeper vs Weever - What's the difference?

weeper | weever |

As nouns the difference between weeper and weever

is that weeper is agent noun of weep; a person who weeps while weever is any of the usually brown fish in , who catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.

weeper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Agent noun of weep; a person who weeps.
  • A hired mourner.
  • A thing that slowly leaks liquid.
  • A weeping tree.

    • Derived terms

    *

    weever

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the usually brown fish in , who catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.

    • Synonyms

    * weaverfish

    Derived terms

    * Cape Verde weever * greater weever * Guinean weever * lesser weever * sailfin weever * spotted weever * starry weever * striped weever