different between wiper vs clearer

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?wa?p?/
• Rhymes: -a?p?(r)

Etymology 1

wipe +? -er

Noun

wiper (plural wipers)

1. Someone who wipes.
   • 1842, Robert Browning, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", in Dramatic Lyrics

     So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers!

2. Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
3. Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
4. A movable electric contact in some devices.
5. (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.

Derived terms

• wiper wheel

Translations

Etymology 2

From white (bass) and striper.

Noun

wiper (countable and uncountable, plural wipers)

1. A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination.

English

Etymology

clear +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kl???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kl????/
• Rhymes: -????(?)
• Hyphenation: clear?er

Noun

clearer (plural clearers)

1. Someone who or something which clears.

   • Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding.

   1. (mining) An unskilled labourer who clears away the rubbish etc.
2. A tool by which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.

Adjective

clearer

1. comparative form of clear: more clear

Anagrams

• reclear