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Envier vs Entier - What's the difference?

envier | entier |

As nouns the difference between envier and entier

is that envier is one who envies while entier is the greatest integer not exceeding the specified number.

envier

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who envies.
  • * 1816 , Francis Gibbon, The public characters of Europe (page 578)
    • There was a period, when the enviers of Bernadotte, taking advantage of this kind of popularity which he had obtained, represented him to the Directory as a man dangerous to liberty
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    entier

    English

    Noun

  • The greatest integer not exceeding the specified number.
  • * 1992 , Stochastic and Chaotic Oscillations (translation of a 1987 work by Yu. I. Neimark), , ISBN 0792315308, page 70 [http://books.google.com/books?id=nDXojK82iHwC&pg=PA70&dq=entier]:
    • Let the state of the system vary according to
  • *::x_n=2x_{n-1}-\left[2x_{n-1}\right],
    • where [z] is the entier of z.

    Synonyms

    * floor, integral part (both now more common)

    External links

    * ("entier" on Wikipedia) ----