different between mapper vs lapper

English

Etymology

map +? -er

Noun

mapper (plural mappers)

1. One who produces a map.
2. (video games) A designer of levels for video games.
   • 2003, David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

     As he churned out early versions of the Quake III engine, the mappers and artists felt adrift, with no direction on what to pursue.

3. (computing, electronics) A software or hardware component that performs a mapping.

Synonyms

• cartographer

Translations

Anagrams

• pamper, pampre, pre-amp, preamp

Danish

Noun

mapper c

1. indefinite plural of mappe

French

Verb

mapper

1. To map (all senses)

Conjugation

English

Etymology 1

lap +? -er

Noun

lapper (plural lappers)

1. One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
2. (in combination) Something (especially a race) that has a stated number of laps.
3. (sports) A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.
   • June 2006, RoadRacingWorld.com - Stanton Tops Formula Pacific Podium In Fourth Round Of AFM Racing At Thunderhill

     After he tangled with the lapper I thought, ‘Man, that sucks’,” Dorsey explained. “Then I realized I was in the lead! I was going to just cruise home.

4. One who wraps or folds.
5. A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine.
6. (sailing) A headsail that overlaps the mast.

Etymology 2

Verb

lapper (third-person singular simple present lappers, present participle lappering, simple past and past participle lappered)

1. To make a gentle splashing sound, as the sound of flowing water.

Anagrams

• rappel

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare French laper.

Verb

lapper

1. (Jersey, onomatopoeia, transitive) to lap (a liquid)

   Synonym: cliapoter

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lapper m

1. indefinite plural of lapp