The difference between Zip and Zipper

When used as nouns, zip means the high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air, whereas zipper means a zip fastener.

When used as verbs, zip means to close with a zip fastener, whereas zipper means to close a zipper.


Zip is also interjection with the meaning: the high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

Zip is also pronoun with the meaning: zero.

check bellow for the other definitions of Zip and Zipper

  1. Zip as a noun:

    The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

  2. Zip as a noun (informal):

    Energy; vigor; vim.

  3. Zip as a noun (British, NZ):

    A zip fastener.

  4. Zip as a noun (slang):

    Zero; nothing.

    Examples:

    "I know zip about economics."

  5. Zip as a noun:

    A trip on a zipline.

  6. Zip as a noun (computing, informal):

    A zip file.

  7. Zip as a noun (programming):

  8. Zip as a noun (slang):

    An ounce of marijuana.

  1. Zip as a pronoun (slang):

    Zero; nothing.

    Examples:

    "I know zip about economics."

  1. Zip as a verb (transitive):

    To close with a zip fastener.

  2. Zip as a verb (transitive, figuratively):

    To close as if with a zip fastener.

    Examples:

    "zip one's lip"

  3. Zip as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.

  4. Zip as a verb (transitive, programming):

    To subject to the convolution mapping function.

  5. Zip as a verb (intransitive):

    (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.

    Examples:

    "The bullet zipped through the air."

  6. Zip as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):

    (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).

    Examples:

    "Zip down to the shops for some milk."

  7. Zip as a verb (transitive):

    To make (something) move quickly

  8. Zip as a verb:

    To travel on a zipline.

  1. Zip as a noun (US):

    A ZIP code; a US postal code.

  2. Zip as a noun (US, by extension):

    Any postal code, for any country.

  1. Zipper as a noun (chiefly, US, Australia):

    A zip fastener.

  2. Zipper as a noun:

    A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.

  3. Zipper as a noun (biochemistry):

    leucine zipper

  4. Zipper as a noun (slang):

    A scar on a person's body.

  5. Zipper as a noun (US, military, slang, dated):

    An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.

  1. Zipper as a verb:

    to close a zipper.

    Examples:

    "He zippered his sweater against the cold''."

  2. Zipper as a verb:

    to put a zipper on an article.

    Examples:

    "These fall jackets are zippered."

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