The difference between Clapper and Clapstick

When used as nouns, clapper means one who claps, whereas clapstick means a kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in aboriginal voice chants.


Clapper is also verb with the meaning: to ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.

check bellow for the other definitions of Clapper and Clapstick

  1. Clapper as a noun:

    One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.

  2. Clapper as a noun:

    An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.

  3. Clapper as a noun:

    A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.

  4. Clapper as a noun:

    A clapstick .

  5. Clapper as a noun (sewing):

    A pounding block.

  6. Clapper as a noun:

    The chattering damsel of a mill.

  7. Clapper as a noun (ice hockey):

    A slapshot

  8. Clapper as a noun (cinematography):

    The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.

  1. Clapper as a verb (transitive):

    To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.

  2. Clapper as a verb:

    To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.

  3. Clapper as a verb:

    Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.

  1. Clapper as a noun (obsolete):

    A rabbit burrow.

  1. Clapstick as a noun:

    A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.

  2. Clapstick as a noun:

    A clapperboard.

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