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Dev vs Dem - What's the difference?

dev | dem |

As abbreviations the difference between dev and dem

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

As a noun dev

is developer.

As a pronoun dem is

nonstandard spelling of lang=en.

As a determiner dem is

nonstandard spelling of lang=en (in the sense of "those".

As an initialism DEM is

(in orthophotography) Digital Elevation Model.

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
    • ----

    dem

    English

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, February 25, Sia Michel, Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.}}

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • (in the sense of "those")
    • What are dem fings doing 'ere?
  • (clitic, postfix) A group of.
  • * 2009 , ,
    • Chillin' wiv da man dem
    Jammin' wiv da man dem
    It's all good in the hood wiv da man dem
  • * 2010 , ,
    • I’ve got my peeps dem with me shouting pull up your socks,
    Cos we just broke the law and now we're running from cops.

    Anagrams

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