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“Rapper” or “Wrapper”

rapper / wrapper are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

rapper r·AE·p·er

  • nounsomeone who performs rap music.

wrapper r·AE·p·er

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“rapper”

  • Twista — Rapper, featured artist ("Cocoa Butter Kisses")
  • Bamboo (rapper), Kenya emcee
  • Swifty McVay (born 1974), American rapper and member of D12
  • debut studio album by American rapper Mystikal.
  • is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj from
  • a song performed by British rapper Skepta, featuring a hook from
  • has a feature from SoundCloud rapper Siddiq.
  • "Abradababra" (wordplay on the rapper name Abradab and the word
  • Vic Mensa — Rapper, featured artist ("Cocoa Butter Kisses")
  • too, almost like a freestyle rapper; "Spitting out something that goes

“wrapper”

  • phrase to quote on the wrapper and advertisements.
  • on the Mac if the wrapper script APT.csh is executed from
  • "Unopened Pack, Wrapper & Display Box Guide".
  • Dust wrapper, an outer cover for books
  • identifiable by its metallic gold-colored wrapper.
  • next clue hidden inside the wrapper of among 1,500 pieces of
  • By starting a GUI wrapper, users can intuitively interact with,
  • with the Create-Your-Own Hershey's Chocolate Wrapper in the Las Vegas version,
  • several different types of 'tax wrapper', such as:
  • The traceview command is a wrapper for a program called tracevisualizer.

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