The difference between Scoop and Scooper

When used as nouns, scoop means any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material, whereas scooper means a person who scoops.


Scoop is also verb with the meaning: to lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.

check bellow for the other definitions of Scoop and Scooper

  1. Scoop as a noun:

    Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.

    Examples:

    "She kept a scoop in the dog food."

  2. Scoop as a noun:

    The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.

    Examples:

    "Use one scoop of coffee for each pot."

    "I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream."

  3. Scoop as a noun:

    The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

  4. Scoop as a noun:

    A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.

    Examples:

    "He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the [[scoop]] on the debate."

  5. Scoop as a noun (automotive):

    An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.

  6. Scoop as a noun:

    The digging attachment on a front-end loader.

  7. Scoop as a noun:

    A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.

  8. Scoop as a noun:

    A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.

  9. Scoop as a noun:

    A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.

  10. Scoop as a noun:

    A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

  1. Scoop as a verb (transitive):

    To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.

    Examples:

    "He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face."

  2. Scoop as a verb (transitive):

    To make hollow; to dig out.

    Examples:

    "I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers."

  3. Scoop as a verb (transitive):

    To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).

    Examples:

    "The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal."

  4. Scoop as a verb (music, often with "up"):

    To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.

  5. Scoop as a verb (slang):

    To pick (someone) up

    Examples:

    "You have a car. Can you come and scoop me? "

  1. Scooper as a noun:

    A person who scoops.

  2. Scooper as a noun:

    Something that scoops.

  3. Scooper as a noun:

    An engraver's tool.

  4. Scooper as a noun:

    The avocet, a bird that scoops up the mud to obtain food.

  5. Scooper as a noun:

    A journalist who obtains a scoop, or exclusive.

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