Dap vs. Nap — What's the Difference?

Fish by letting the fly (but not the line) bob lightly on the water

A nap is a short period of sleep, typically taken during daytime hours as an adjunct to the usual nocturnal sleep period. Naps are most often taken as a response to drowsiness during waking hours.

A fishing fly used when dapping

A brief sleep, often during the day.

Rubber-soled shoes

A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.

An elaborate handshake that typically involving slapping palms, bumping fists, or snapping fingers

A trick-taking card game in which the players are each dealt five cards and everyone bids the number of tricks they intend to take, with the highest bidder deciding the trump.

To fish by letting a baited hook fall gently onto the water.

The first bid of five tricks in this game, the maximum number in a hand. Also called napoleon.

To dip lightly or quickly into water, as a bird does.

See napoleon1.

To skip or bounce, especially over the surface of water.

To sleep for a brief period, often during the day; doze.

To greet by means of a dap.

To be unaware of imminent danger or trouble; be off guard

An elaborate gesture of greeting developed by African American soldiers during the Vietnam War, usually consisting of a handshake and other maneuvers such as hand slaps and a fist bump.

To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).

A fist bump.

To pour or put a sauce or gravy over (a cooked dish) in a thin, even layer

A plimsoll.

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

(originally) Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.

A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.

A fist bump.

The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.

(Bristol) To run or go somewhere quickly.

(British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.

(metalworking) To create a hollow indentation.

A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.

(angling) To drop the bait gently onto the surface of the water.

A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.

To greet with a dap.

A cup, bowl.

To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.

To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.

(figuratively) To be off one's guard.

To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).

(obsolete) To grab; to nab.

(cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce. usually in the passive

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping.

To raise, or put, a nap on.

A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.

Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.

The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.

Same as Napoleon, 1, below.

A period of time spent sleeping;

A soft or fuzzy surface texture

The yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave;

A short sleep (usually not in bed)

A card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

Take a siesta;