As vs Or - What's the difference?
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Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "eitheror".
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Logical union of two sets of values. There are two forms, an exclusive or and an inclusive or.
Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
Otherwise; a consequence of the condition that the previous is false
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Connects two equivalent names.
(tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
(tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
(obsolete) Early (on).
(obsolete) Earlier, previously.
Before; ere.
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*:"Sey ye never so," seyde Sir Bors, "for many tymys or this she hath bene wroth with you, and aftir that she was the firste that repented hit."
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English
(wikipedia or)Etymology 1
(etyl) .Conjunction
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* neither * norEtymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(-)- 1909', The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "'''or " and "argent". — Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, ''A Complete Guide to Heraldry
- 1889', In engraving, "'''Or " is expressed by dots. — Charles Norton Elvin, ''A Dictionary of Heraldry