different between occupational vs cropper

English

Etymology

From occupation (noun) +? -al (suffix forming adjectives).

Adjective

occupational (comparative more occupational, superlative most occupational)

1. Of, belonging, or relating to an occupation (in any sense).

   Boredom is an occupational hazard if you are a checkout girl.

Derived terms

• occupational hazard
• occupational health and safety
• occupational medicine

Related terms

• occupative (adjective)

Translations

English

Etymology 1

Noun

cropper (plural croppers)

1. (normally confined to the expression come a cropper) A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.
   • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) page: 185:

     But to myself I thought: ‘Considering that for eight whole years I sat on the front bench as top of the class while he drifted about somewhere in the middle, he can hardly fail to nourish a wish, left over from his schooldays, that some day or other I may come a complete cropper.’

   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 29:

     You're riding for a fall, Healey, you know that? There are hedges and ditches ahead and you are on course for an almighty cropper.

Etymology 2

crop +? -er, in reference to a bird's crop.

Noun

cropper (plural croppers)

1. A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.

Etymology 3

crop +? -er, in reference to agricultural crops.

Noun

cropper (plural croppers)

1. A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
2. A variety of plant producing a good harvest.

Etymology 4

crop +? -er, from the verb.

Noun

cropper (plural croppers)

1. A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.