different between mapper vs napper

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

nap +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

napper (plural nappers)

1. a person who takes a nap
2. (obsolete) a sheep stealer
3. (slang) the head
   • 2011, Jeremy Roberts, Let's Not And Say We Did (page 96)

     As he walked back to his flat after meekly apologising, he wondered why a severe pain in his napper could affect the lead in his pencil.

   • 1911, Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard, "Any Old Iron", British Music Hall song

     You look so dapper from your napper to your feet.

4. (obsolete) a machine used to raise the nap on cloth

Synonyms

• (sheep thief): sheepstealer

Hypernyms

• (sheep thief): see Thesaurus:rustler

Anagrams

• papern, rappen

French

Etymology

nappe +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.pe/

Verb

napper

1. (cooking) to cover (to cover something with sauce)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “napper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

napper

1. present of nappe