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dev | def |

As abbreviations the difference between dev and def

is that dev is a common abbreviated name for Eamon de Valera, former president of Ireland while def is deficit.

As a noun dev

is developer.

As an adjective def is

very good (short for "definitive" or "definitely".

dev

English

(wikipedia dev)

Etymology 1

(en)

Noun

  • developer
  • development
  • (computing, UNIX) device
    • Derived terms
    * devkit

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Armenian mythology) a monster, dragon, serpent, or giant
  • (Armenian mythology) immortal spirits who inhabit old ruins
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    def

    English

    (wikipedia def)

    Abbreviation

    def.
  • deficit
  • definitely
  • definition

    • Adjective

    (deffer)
  • (US, slang) very good (short for "definitive" or "definitely")

    • Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • daf
  • tambourine

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , d?f, dèfovi , defa, defova , defu, defovima , def, defove , defe, defovi , defu, defovima , defom, defovima }}

    See also

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