What's the difference between piper and wiper?

Piper


Definition:

  • (n.) See Pepper.
  • (n.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.
  • (n.) A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
  • (n.) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Powdered slaked lime applied to the chewed Areca nut with Piper betle inflorescence at the corner of the mouth causes the mean pH to rise to 10, at which reactive oxygen species are generated from betel quid ingredients in vitro.
  • (2) SULB restored the activity of: MEZLO, PIPER, CPZ in Enterobacteria producing a penicillinase; PIPER, CTX and CAZ in Enterobacteria producing a broad-spectrum beta-lactamase; MEZLO, PIPER, CTX and CAZ in M. morganii producing a derepressed cephalosporinase.
  • (3) Pre-treatment with extract from the Cauline of Piper kadsura attenuated endotoxin-induced hypotension and lung injury, which may result from the PAF antagonistic effect of Piper kadsura.
  • (4) The DLA Piper report recommended a “wide ranging and comprehensive review” of kafala with a view to abolishing or phasing out “certain aspects” of the system and prioritising freedom of movement and the rights of workers.
  • (5) The following year, she gave birth to her first child, Piper Maru.
  • (6) Channel 4's alternative Christmas message, delivered by former model and presenter Katie Piper who was disfigured in a sulphuric acid attack, attracted 500,000 viewers.
  • (7) Some of the discos – or “pipers” as they were locally known, in homage to Rome’s legendary Piper nightspot – were visibly influenced by Andy Warhol’s multimedia experiments at the Dom nightclub in Manhattan, home to the Exploding Plastic Inevitable events, where the Velvet Underground would play amid lightshows, dancers and projections of Warhol’s films.
  • (8) With each walk he has attracted more followers like a pied piper.
  • (9) Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, also cautioned against state subsidy of news, warning "he who pays the piper calls the tune".
  • (10) John Piper, lead parade designer Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Facebook Twitter Pinterest John Piper, lead designer, Macy’s Parade Studio for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
  • (11) Some internal scenario planning by insurers is wise,” says Piper.
  • (12) The government confirmed in the DLA Piper report that 964 workers from Nepal, India and Bangladesh had died while living and working in the Gulf state in 2012 and 2013.
  • (13) A link between the generation of areca nut-related N-nitrosamines in the saliva, the induction of genotoxic damage in the oral mucosa, as judged by an increase in micronucleated exfoliated cells (MEC), and a low incidence of oral cancer was studied in 2 population groups characterized by their habit of chewing quids without tobacco: Guamanians, who chew areca nuts (Areca catechu) with or without the addition of betel leaf (Piper betle); Taiwanese, who use areca nut, betel leaf or inference and slaked lime.
  • (14) It is inconceivable that this or any future administration would attempt to recover prior subsidy payments,” says Piper.
  • (15) Disappointingly, the book ends before he marries and then divorces Billie Piper (of whom more later).
  • (16) But by remaining very publicly friends (Piper guested on his doomed return to TV on ITV's OFI Sunday in 2005 and attended Evans and Shishmanian's wedding in 2007), you made it possible to return to the public eye.
  • (17) Using a receptor preparation of rabbit platelet membranes, we identified a novel antagonist of PAF in the methylene chloride extract of a Chinese herbal plant, haifenteng (Piper futokadsura).
  • (18) A DLA Piper spokesperson: "We uphold the highest professional standards as a firm and this matter is being fully investigated."
  • (19) Shetty said: “Despite five years of promises, Fifa has failed almost completely to stop the World Cup being built on human rights abuses.” In the wake of a series of damning reports by NGOs, including Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, and major investigations by media outlets including the Guardian, the Qatari government commissioned law firm DLA Piper to review the issue in 2013.
  • (20) Bioactivity-guided fractionation of a CHCl3 extract of the leaves of Piper aborescens afforded a new cytotoxic pyridone alkaloid, N-(3-methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxydihydrocinnamoyl)-delta 3-pyridin-2-one [1], as well as three known cytotoxic pyridone alkaloids, N-(3-methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxycinnamoyl)-delta 3-pyridin-2-one [2], piplartine [3], and piplartine dimer A [4].

Wiper


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, wipes.
  • (n.) Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.
  • (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam.
  • (n.) A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Attach self-adhesive foam strips, or metal strips with brushes or wipers attached, to window, door and loft-hatch frames (if you have sash windows, it's better to ask a professional to do it).
  • (2) Others face more niggling problems: in a recent post on the local Facebook group “Eliminate All Stray Dogs”, one resident claimed an unruly pack kept jumping on his car, destroying its windscreen wipers.
  • (3) Bag placement of appropriately styled lens models is strongly recommended, since sulcus-placed lenses have sometimes shown either iris bulging or decentration and windshield-wiper or propeller phenomena.
  • (4) These include pupillary capture, optic decentration, malpositioned loop, windshield wiper, sunrise, sunset and lost lens syndromes.
  • (5) Sunlight or light from other sources can be scattered and refracted by the smears left on windshields by wipers.
  • (6) Both Kaspersky Lab and Symantec have also linked Destover to Shamoon , a so-called “wiper” that knocked out 30,000 machines at oil giant Saudi Aramco in 2012, as the same software drivers were in use.
  • (7) Not just Broadchurch but The Fall and Top of the Lake, both on BBC2 (and both BPG nominees), Utopia and Southcliffe on Channel 4 and intriguing one-offs such as BBC2's The Wipers Times, co-written by Ian Hislop, another BPG winner.
  • (8) The "windshield-wiper" sign was defined as any radiolucency of 2 mm or greater.
  • (9) The common types of malpositions are: pupil capture; sunset syndrome; sunrise syndrome; horizontal decentration; and the windshield wiper syndrome.
  • (10) The single-size design of five of the six soft lenses can lead to a windshield-wiper decentration effect in lenses too small for larger eyes.
  • (11) The bomber used a model of car so ubiquitous in Kabul that street vendors sell windscreen wipers and other spare parts at junctions.
  • (12) I'm sitting in the cockpit of the new Batmobile staring at the switch for the windscreen wipers.
  • (13) The Olympic slap-slap-slapping of rubber slippers as hawkers chase seemingly interested drivers, the grifting confidence of the ones who sell fake windscreen wipers, dog leashes, jump cables that only work for one week after purchase, and that pink rubber hose thingy for transferring fuel from a jerry can to your car, during fuel scarcity – Chinese solutions to Nigerian problems.
  • (14) Whereas serious dislocations such as the sunset and windshield-wiper syndromes are less frequent since the introduction of highly flexible loops, posterior vaulting of the pseudophakos may cause problems, eventually provoking a posterior capsule rupture and a secondary sunset syndrome.
  • (15) Football can indeed claim for itself a part in the invention of the windscreen wiper, but it was a Newcastle fan rather than a player who came up with the idea.
  • (16) Ancient bottom wipers yield evidence of diseases carried along the Silk Road
  • (17) The report also cites increasingly sophisticated techniques, which include dissolving the drug in solvents to smuggle it across the border disguised as flavoured drinks or hidden in windshield wiper reservoirs.
  • (18) He has also presented a long line of well-regarded documentaries for BBC2 (including, most recently, Stiff Upper Lip – an Emotional History of Britain) and has co-written, with long-time collaborator Nick Newman, The Wipers Times, a BBC2 first world war drama starring Michael Palin.
  • (19) Is the screenwash topped up, are tyres in good condition, and are the wipers working effectively?
  • (20) Some bamboo sticks with scraps of grimy cloth wound around them have been identified as bottom wipers from a latrine pit in a 2,000-year-old Chinese relay station on the Silk Road.