Piper vs. Viper — What's the Difference?

A bagpipe player.

Any of various venomous snakes of the family Viperidae, having a thick heavy body and a single pair of long hollow fangs, especially the Eurasian and African species of the subfamily Viperinae, which lack the sensory pits of the pit vipers.

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

Any of several harmless snakes sometimes believed to be venomous.

One who plays the bagpipe.

A person regarded as malicious or treacherous.

One who plays on a pipe.

A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.

A musician who plays a pipe.

(informal) Any venomous snake.

A bagpiper.

(figurative) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.

A baby pigeon.

(slang) A person who smokes marijuana.

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

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

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

A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.

A broken-winded hack horse.

Loosely, any venomous or presumed venomous snake.

Archaic form of pepper

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

See Pepper.

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

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

Someone who plays the bagpipe

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