different between waps vs naps

English

Etymology 1

Noun

waps

1. plural of wap

Verb

waps

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wap

Etymology 2

Noun

waps (plural wapses)

1. (Britain, rural dialect) wasp

Anagrams

• APWs, AWPs, WASP, WSPA, paws, spaw, swap, wasp

Middle English

Noun

waps

1. Alternative form of wasp

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *waps, from Proto-Germanic *waps?.

Noun

waps c (plural wapsen, diminutive wapske)

1. wasp

Further reading

• “waps (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• Homophone: knaps

Noun

naps

1. plural of nap

Noun

naps pl (plural only)

1. (slang) kinky or curly hair
   • 2009, Rajen Persaud, Why Black Men Love White Women, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN), page 171:

     The short “naps” of the average Sister do not sway in the wind as that of a blonde.

Verb

naps

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nap

Anagrams

• ANPs, NPAS, NSPA, PANs, PNAS, PNAs, Pans, SNAP, SPAN, pans, snap, span

Catalan

Noun

naps

1. plural of nap

Estonian

Etymology

From German Schnaps.

Noun

naps (genitive napsu, partitive napsu)

1. booze, liquor, spirits; a distilled alcoholic beverage

Declension

Finnish

Interjection

naps

1. (onomatopoeic) snap, snip
2. yoink; sound of something being snatched or grabbed
   • 1963, Yrjö A. Jäntti, Martti Haavio, Suomen sana: kansalliskirjallisuutemme valiolukemisto: Volume 1

     Vinski laski kätensä varovaisesti veteen, lähestyi sormet harallaan nahkiaista ja naps!