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Wiper vs Piper - What's the difference?

wiper | piper |

As a noun wiper

is someone who wipes.

As a proper noun piper is

.

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.

    • piper

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A musician who plays a pipe.
  • A bagpiper.
  • A baby pigeon.
  • A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra ), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
  • A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix ) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
    • Synonyms
    * (bagpiper) bagpiper * (baby pigeon) squab, baby pigeon, pigeon chick
    Derived terms
    * bagpiper * pay the piper * Pied Piper * who pays the piper calls the tune

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena)

    Noun

    • Anagrams

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