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Wiper vs Swiper - What's the difference?

wiper | swiper |

As nouns the difference between wiper and swiper

is that wiper is someone who wipes while swiper is one who, or that which, swipes.

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.

    • swiper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, swipes.

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