Creeper vs Zombie - What's the difference?
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A person or a thing who crawls or creeps.
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Often in plural, a one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
A metal plate with spikes]], designed to be worn with shoes to prevent [[slip, slipping.
A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
(chiefly, in the plural) A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping; especially a climbing plant of the genus .
* 1964 , (William Golding), (Lord of the Flies)
A treecreeper.
(nautical) A small, four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
The lowest gear of a tractor or truck, also creeper gear, creeper shift.
A low-profile, wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle.
(pejorative, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various twentieth-century subcultures.
A snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa and elsewhere.
(voodoo, superstition) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his/her own.
(fiction) A deceased person who becomes reanimate to attack the living.
(figuratively) An apathetic person.
(figuratively) A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion.
An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement.
(computing) A process or task which has terminated but was not removed from the list of processes, typically because it has child processes that have not yet terminated.
(computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.
A cocktail of rum and fruit juices.
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(Canada, historical, derogatory) A conscripted member of the Canadian military during World War II who was assigned to home defence rather than to combat in Europe.The Canadian Encyclopedia , 2nd edition, Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton Canada, 1988. See "National Resources Mobilization Act," p. 1433.
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(philosophy) A hypothetical person who lacks self awareness.
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As nouns the difference between creeper and zombie
is that creeper is a person or a thing who crawls or creeps while zombie is a snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa and elsewhere.creeper
English
Noun
(en noun)- Standing waters are most unwholesome, full of mites, creepers ; slimy, muddy, unclean.
- Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.
- Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.
Synonyms
* (one who crawls) crawler * (garment) babygro, creepers, diaper shirt, infant bodysuit, snapsuit * (wheeled platform) cradlezombie
English
(wikipedia zombie)Noun
(zombies)- I shot a zombie'''. He was a '''zombie , Kenneth. The pilot was bitten before he picked us up!
- After working for 18 hours on the computer, I was a zombie .
EE Times , "Beware 'zombie' clauses," 2 Aug., 2004
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- The maitre d’ introduced us and I had a zombie' with him. Those ' zombies are wicked.
- I watched Mario and drank zombies out of a thermos.
Time for Decision," Time (US edition), 6 Nov.,
- Had the time come to order Canada's home defense draftees—some 70,000 zombies idling at home—to battle overseas?