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Closer vs Clopen - What's the difference?

closer | clopen |

As adjectives the difference between closer and clopen

is that closer is (close) while clopen is (topology) of a subset of a topological space, both open and closed.

As a noun closer

is someone or something that closes.

closer

English

Etymology 1

From close (adjective) + -er

Adjective

(head)
  • (close)
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    Etymology 2

    From close (verb) + -er

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something that closes.
  • In our organization, the VP of Sales usually acts as the closer .
  • Someone or something that concludes.
  • The DJ chose a fantastic track as his closer at the end of the night.
  • The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
  • (Gwilt)
  • (baseball) A relief pitcher that specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. See
  • They brought their closer in for the ninth.

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    clopen

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (topology) Of a subset of a topological space, both open and closed.
  • English adjectives ending in -en