different between whopper vs whooper

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whop +? -er

whopper (plural whoppers)

(informal) Something remarkably large.
- 1939, Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, The Wizard of Oz
  There's a storm blowing up, Sylvester — a 'whopper', speaking in the vernacular of the peasantry.
(informal) An outrageous or blatant lie.

whoop +? -er

whooper (plural whoopers)

A person or animal that whoops.
The whooping crane, Grus americana.
- 2008, Thomas Arnhold, Web Parton, Wingshooter's Guide to Kansas Upland Birds and Waterfowl (page 88)
  Adult whoopers are white and easy to distinguish from sandhills.
The whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus.

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