Difference between roper and rope

roper

Definitions

noun

  1. a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
  2. a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
  3. a craftsman who makes ropes

Examples

Shake them to bits and you are destroying more than property.

The tax assessor determined that the property was subject to taxation based on its infrequent use for religious purposes.

Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better.

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rope

Definitions

verb

  1. fasten with a rope
  2. catch with a lasso

noun

  1. street names for flunitrazepan
  2. a strong line

Examples

Shake them to bits and you are destroying more than property.

The tax assessor determined that the property was subject to taxation based on its infrequent use for religious purposes.

There is a great deal of feeling and perhaps some bitterness, but do you not all agree with me that it is quite possible, since there is a fashion of armament in Europe, and since there has been no withdrawal on the part of the Admiralty from the stand taken by the First Lord some months ago, to have the entire Canadian people approach this situation in a calm and in an impartial manner?

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