different between repaper vs reaper

English

Etymology

re- +? paper

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?p?(r)

Verb

repaper (third-person singular simple present repapers, present participle repapering, simple past and past participle repapered)

1. (transitive) To apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top.

Anagrams

• paperer, prepare

English

Etymology

From Middle English reper, repare, repere, *riper (the last, attested only in surnames Ryper, Riper, etc.), from Old English r?pere (“reaper”), equivalent to reap +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?p?(r)

Noun

reaper (plural reapers)

1. One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
2. A machine used to harvest crops.
3. (often with initial capital) Short for Grim Reaper.
   • 1976, Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult), "Don't Fear the Reaper" (song)

     Don't fear the Reaper / We'll be able to fly

   • 1999, Karl S. Guthke, The Gender of Death: A Cultural History in Art and Literature (page 7)

     Why is the Grim Reaper a man? True, the noun ending would theoretically allow us to visualize the reaper as a woman as well, but we don't.

Derived terms

• Grim Reaper

Related terms

• reap

Translations

Anagrams

• Pearre, Perera, rerape