The difference between Cop and Copper

When used as nouns, cop means a spider, whereas copper means a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol cu, and atomic number 29.

When used as verbs, cop means to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take, whereas copper means to sheathe or coat with copper.

Copper is also adjective with the meaning: made of copper.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cop and Copper

  1. Cop as a noun (obsolete):

    A spider.

  1. Cop as a verb (transitive, formerly, _, dialect, now, _, informal):

    To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.

  2. Cop as a verb (transitive):

    To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.

    Examples:

    "When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father"

  3. Cop as a verb (transitive, trainspotting, slang):

    To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.

  4. Cop as a verb (transitive):

    To steal.

  5. Cop as a verb (transitive):

    To adopt.

    Examples:

    "No need to cop an attitude with me, junior."

  6. Cop as a verb (transitive):

     To earn by bad behavior.

  7. Cop as a verb (intransitive, usually with “to”, slang):

    to admit, especially to a crime.

    Examples:

    "I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?"

    "Harold copped to being known as "Dirty Harry"."

  1. Cop as a noun (slang, law enforcement):

    A police officer or prison guard.

  1. Cop as a noun (crafts):

    The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.

  2. Cop as a noun (obsolete):

    The top, summit, especially of a hill.

  3. Cop as a noun (obsolete):

    The crown (of the head); also the head itself.

    Examples:

    "The stature is bowed down in age, the cop is depressed."

  4. Cop as a noun:

    A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

  5. Cop as a noun (architecture, military):

    A merlon.

  1. Copper as a noun (uncountable):

    A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

  2. Copper as a noun (countable):

    Something made of copper.

  3. Copper as a noun:

    The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

    Examples:

    "color paneBB5836"

  4. Copper as a noun (countable):

    A copper coin.

  5. Copper as a noun (UK, AU, dated):

    A large pot, often used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire. In Australasia at least, it could also be a fixed installation made of copper, with a fire underneath and its own chimney. Generally made redundant by the advent of the washing machine.

    Examples:

    "Mum would heat the water in a copper in the kitchen and transfer it to the tin bath."

    "I explain that socks can’t be boiled up in the copper with the sheets and towels or they shrink."

  1. Copper as an adjective:

    Made of copper.

  2. Copper as an adjective:

    Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

  1. Copper as a verb:

    To sheathe or coat with copper.

  1. Copper as a noun (slang, law enforcement):

    A police officer.

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