What's the difference between loper and lopper?

Loper


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes.
  • (n.) A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The incompatibility group W plasmid pSa suppresses Agrobacterium tumefaciens oncogenicity (J. Loper and C. Kado, J. Bacteriol.
  • (2) CYP52A2 is located 1 kb upstream from CYP52A1, the previously characterized P450 gene [Sanglard and Loper, Gene 76 (1989) 121-136] and shows the same orientation.
  • (3) "We were called spies, pryers, mass-eavesdroppers, nosey parkers, peeping-toms, lopers, snoopers, envelope-steamers, keyhole artists, sex maniacs, sissies and society playboys."
  • (4) This mutant can utilize L-histidinol as sole source of carbon and nitrogen and has a 60-fold increased histidinol dehydrogenase (HDH) content (Dhawale, Creaser & Loper, 1972).

Lopper


Definition:

  • (n.) One who lops or cuts off.
  • (v. i.) To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was a while when the poppy-loppers almost seemed to be winning and Ross's career dipped.
  • (2) There are tools, lots of them, and big ones at that: saws, loppers, spades and diggers.

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