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Wiper vs Clearer - What's the difference?

wiper | clearer |

As nouns the difference between wiper and clearer

is that wiper is someone who wipes while clearer is someone who or something which clears.

As an adjective clearer is

(clear).

wiper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone who wipes
  • * Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin
    • So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers!
  • something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping
  • something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping
  • a movable electric contact in some device
  • (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.

    • clearer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who or something which clears.
  • * Addison
    • Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding.
  • A tool by which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (clear)