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Zipper vs Kipper - What's the difference?

zipper | kipper |

As nouns the difference between zipper and kipper

is that zipper is (chiefly|us|australia) a zip fastener while kipper is a split, salted and smoked herring.

As verbs the difference between zipper and kipper

is that zipper is to close a zipper while kipper is (cooking) to prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.

As an adjective kipper is

(uk|dialect) amorous.

zipper

English

(wikipedia zipper)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, Australia) A zip fastener.
  • A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
  • (biochemistry) leucine zipper

    • Synonyms

    * slide fastener * zip (British), zip fastener (British)

    Meronyms

    * slider * teeth

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to close a zipper.
    • He zippered his sweater against the cold .
  • to put a zipper on an article.
    • ''This Fall jackets are zippered .
    ----

    kipper

    English

    (wikipedia kipper)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A split, salted and smoked herring.
  • A salmon after spawning.
  • (military, RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.

    • Derived terms

    * kipper tie

    Verb

  • (cooking) To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • There was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, and a lamb's head, and a haggis

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect) amorous
  • (UK, dialect) lively; light-footed; nimble
    • (Halliwell)
    English transitive verbs