Piper vs. Viper

Pipernoun

A musician who plays a pipe.

Vipernoun

A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.

Pipernoun

A bagpiper.

Vipernoun

A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.

Pipernoun

A baby pigeon.

Vipernoun

Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous snakes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidæ.

‘There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.’;

Pipernoun

A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.

Vipernoun

A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.

‘Who committedTo such a viper his most sacred trustOf secrecy.’;

Pipernoun

A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.

Vipernoun

Loosely, any venomous or presumed venomous snake.

Pipernoun

archaic form of pepper

Vipernoun

venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

Pipernoun

See Pepper.

Pipernoun

One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.

Pipernoun

A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.

Pipernoun

someone who plays the bagpipe

Pipernoun

type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs

Pipernoun

a bagpipe player.

Pipernoun

a person who plays a pipe, especially an itinerant musician.