Cope vs. Cops — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cope and Cops
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Cope
The cope (known in Latin as pluviale 'rain coat' or cappa 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.
Cops
A police officer.
Cope
To contend or strive, especially on even terms or with success
Coping with child-rearing and a full-time job.
Cops
One that regulates certain behaviors or actions
"Faced with the world recession of the early 1980s, ... the World Bank ... became a stern economic taskmaster and cop" (Richard J. Barnet).
Cope
To contend with difficulties and act to overcome them
"Facing unprecedented problems, the Federal Reserve of the early 1930s couldn't cope" (Robert J. Samuelson).
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Cops
A cone-shaped or cylindrical roll of yarn or thread wound on a spindle.
Cope
To cover or dress in a cope.
Cops
Chiefly British A summit or crest, as of a hill.
Cope
To provide with coping
Cope a wall.
Cops
To get hold of; gain or win
A show that copped four awards.
Copped a ticket to the game.
Cope
A long ecclesiastical vestment worn over an alb or surplice.
Cops
To perceive by one of the senses
"copped a quick look at the gentleman ... on the right" (Gail Sheehy).
Cope
A covering resembling a cloak or mantle.
Cops
To take unlawfully or without permission; steal.
Cope
A coping.
Cops
The connecting crook of a harrow.
Cope
(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
I thought I would never be able to cope with life after the amputation, but I have learned how to be happy again.
Cope
To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal.
Cope
(falconry) To clip the beak or talons of a bird.
Cope
(transitive) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.
Cope
(intransitive) To form a cope or arch; to arch or bend; to bow.
Cope
(obsolete) To bargain for; to buy.
Cope
(obsolete) To exchange or barter.
Cope
(obsolete) To make return for; to requite; to repay.
Cope
(obsolete) To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.
Cope
(obsolete) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
Cope
To tie or sew up the mouth of a ferret used for hunting rabbits.
Cope
To silence or prevent from speaking.
Cope
(slang) A coping mechanism or self-delusion one clings to in order to endure the hopelessness or despair of existence.
Cope
A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.
Cope
Any covering such as a canopy or a mantle.
Cope
(literary) The vault or canopy of the skies, heavens etc.
Cope
(construction) A covering piece on top of a wall exposed to the weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone, and sloped to carry off water.
Cope
(foundry) The top part of a sand casting mold.
Cope
An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
Cope
A covering for the head.
Cope
Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.
Cope
An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.
A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes.
Cope
An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
Cope
The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.
Cope
To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.
Some bending down and coping toward the earth.
Cope
To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).
Cope
To exchange or barter.
Cope
To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
Horatio, thou art e'en as just a manAs e'er my conversation coped withal.
Cope
To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; - usually followed by with.
Host coped with host, dire was the din of war.
Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens.
Cope
To bargain for; to buy.
Cope
To make return for; to requite; to repay.
Three thousand ducats due unto the Jew,We freely cope your courteous pains withal.
Cope
To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.
I love to cope him in these sullen fits.
They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down.
Cope
Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
Cope
Come to terms or deal successfully with;
We got by on just a gallon of gas
They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
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