different between clamber vs clamper

English

Etymology

From Middle English clambren, clameren, clemeren (“to climb, clamber; to crawl, creep”), then either:

• possibly from clam, clamb, clemb, past tense of climben (“to climb, get over; to ascend, rise”), and influenced by Old English clæmman (“to press”); or
• from Old English *clambrian, from Proto-Germanic *klambr?n? or *klambiz?n?.

The English word is cognate with Low German klemmern, klempern (“to climb”), Scots clammer (“to clamber”); and compare also Danish klamre (“to cling”), Icelandic klambra, klembra (“to pinch closely together; clamp”), Swedish klamra (“to cling”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?klæmb?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?klæmb?/
• Rhymes: -æmb?(r)
• Hyphenation: clam?ber

Verb

clamber (third-person singular simple present clambers, present participle clambering, simple past and past participle clambered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

Alternative forms

• clammer (dialectal)

Derived terms

• clamberer
• clambersome

Translations

Noun

clamber (plural clambers)

1. The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.

References

Anagrams

• cambrel, cramble

English

Etymology

clamp +? -er

Noun

clamper (plural clampers)

1. One who, or that which, clamps.

   If you park your car in a no-parking zone, watch out for clampers.

2. An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice.
   • 1853-1855, Elisha Kane, Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin

     Both divisions are provided with clampers, to steady them and their sledges on the irregular ice-surfaces […]

3. (electronics) A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform.

Synonyms

• (attachment to boot or shoe): crampon, creeper

Verb

clamper (third-person singular simple present clampers, present participle clampering, simple past and past participle clampered)

1. To crimp.
2. (obsolete) To join in an unsystematic or haphazard fashion.
3. To move in a noisy and clumsy manner.
4. To complain in an irritating manner.

Anagrams

• reclamp