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Del vs Dek - What's the difference?

del | dek |

As nouns the difference between del and dek

is that del is noon while dek is (journalism|slang) the subhead of a news story.

del

English

Etymology 1

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta

Noun

(en noun)
  • (analysis) The symbol ? used to denote the gradient operator.
  • (mathematics) the symbol , in the context of a partial differential
    • Synonyms
    * atled, nabla
    See also
    *

    Etymology 2

    See

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) a part, portion

    • Etymology 3

    Shortening

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • delegate
  • delegation
  • delete
  • delineavit

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    dek

    English

    Alternative forms

    * deck

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (journalism, slang) The subhead of a news story.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----