The difference between Cop and Spider
When used as nouns, cop means a spider, whereas spider means any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
When used as verbs, cop means to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take, whereas spider means to move like a spider.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cop and Spider
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Cop as a noun (obsolete):
A spider.
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Cop as a verb (transitive, formerly, _, dialect, now, _, informal):
To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
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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"
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Cop as a verb (transitive, trainspotting, slang):
To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
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Cop as a verb (transitive):
To steal.
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Cop as a verb (transitive):
To adopt.
Examples:
"No need to cop an attitude with me, junior."
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Cop as a verb (transitive):
To earn by bad behavior.
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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"."
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Cop as a noun (slang, law enforcement):
A police officer or prison guard.
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Cop as a noun (crafts):
The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
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Cop as a noun (obsolete):
The top, summit, especially of a hill.
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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."
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Cop as a noun:
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
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Cop as a noun (architecture, military):
A merlon.
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Spider as a noun:
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
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Spider as a noun (Internet):
A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
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Spider as a noun (chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand):
A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
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Spider as a noun (slang):
A spindly person.
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Spider as a noun (slang):
A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
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Spider as a noun (snooker, billiards):
A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.
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Spider as a noun (cookware, US, UK, chiefly, historical, and, now, dialectal):
A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
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Spider as a noun (cooking):
Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer
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Spider as a noun:
A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached
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Spider as a noun (slang):
Heroin (street drug).
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Spider as a noun (music):
Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
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Spider as a noun:
A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.
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Spider as a noun (fly fishing, England):
a soft-hackle fly
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Spider as a noun (sports):
The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard
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Spider as a verb:
To move like a spider.
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Spider as a verb:
To cover a surface like a cobweb.
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Spider as a verb (Internet, of a computer program):
To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
Examples:
"The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines."