clipper ship vs clipper

clipper ship and clipper both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clipper ship	Yes	No	No	No
clipper	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, clipper ship and clipper are synonyms defined as:

clipper ship (noun)	clipper (noun)
a fast sailing ship used in former times	scissors for cutting hair or finger nails
	shears for cutting grass or shrubbery
	a fast sailing ship used in former times
	(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)