different between scalper vs scalder

English

Etymology

scalp +? -er

Noun

scalper (plural scalpers)

1. One who scalps, or removes the scalp of another.
   • 2013, M. Elise Marubbio, Eric L. Buffalohead, Native Americans on Film: Conversations, Teaching, and Theory

     Denouncing representations of hostile Indians as vicious scalpers of innocent settlers […]

2. (US, Canada) One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices.

   Synonym: (UK) ticket tout

3. (gambling) A gambler who scalps.
   • 1961, John Scarne, Complete Guide to Gambling (page 102)

     The only sure thing about scalping the Series today is that the scalper is paying the bookie a greater profit because he is making a greater number of bets.

4. (finance) A person on an open outcry exchange trading floor who buys and sells rapidly for his or her own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
5. A machine for removing the ends of grain, such as wheat or rye, or for separating the different grades of broken wheat, semolina, etc.
6. A surgical instrument for scraping carious bones.

   Synonym: scalping-iron

Translations

Anagrams

• carpels, clasper, craples, parcels, placers, reclasp

French

Etymology

From English scalp +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skal.pe/

Verb

scalper

1. (transitive) to scalp

Conjugation

Further reading

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

English

Etymology 1

scald +? -er

Noun

scalder (plural scalders)

1. A heated tub for softening the skin of slaughtered pigs, poultry, etc.

Etymology 2

Noun

scalder (plural scalders)

1. An ancient Nordic poet; a skald.

Anagrams

• cardels, cradles, reclads, sarcled