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Zipper vs Zipperlike - What's the difference?

zipper | zipperlike |

As a noun zipper

is a zip fastener.

As a verb zipper

is to close a zipper.

As an adjective zipperlike is

resembling a zipper or some aspect of one.

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 .
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    zipperlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a zipper or some aspect of one.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 25, author=Nate Chinen, title=It Feels Like Home: The Sounds of Coltrane, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But “Configuration,” a zipperlike jolt of ascent from Coltrane’s late period, played to everyone’s strengths. Mr. Cyrille started it forcefully, free of tempo, and Mr. Lovano joined him, blustering without snarl. }}

    Synonyms

    * ziplike