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Whippersnapper vs Snapper - What's the difference?

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Snapper is a related term of whippersnapper.



As nouns the difference between whippersnapper and snapper

is that whippersnapper is a young and cheeky or presumptuous person while snapper is one who, or that which, snaps.

whippersnapper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a young and cheeky or presumptuous person
  • * 2004: , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
  • thought that the President-elect, his junior by over 25 years, was merely a "young whippersnapper ."

    snapper

    English

    Alternative forms

    * schnapper (fish)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, snaps.
  • a snapper -up of trifles
    the snapper of a whip
  • Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
  • # (Australia, New Zealand) The fish , especially an adult of the species.
  • # (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
  • (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
  • 1990', (Roddy Doyle), '' .
  • (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
  • (US) Small, paper-wrapped item containing a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, which explodes noisily when thrown onto a hard surface.
  • (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
  • (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
  • The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
  • A snap beetle.
  • Hyponyms

    * (adolescent), squire (pre-adult)1990''', Richard Allan, ''Australian Fish and How to Catch Them'', ISBN 1-86302-674-6, page 309.'' “Snapper”'', entry in '''1966 , ''An Encyclopedia of New Zealand .

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