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Erf vs Eff - What's the difference?

erf | eff |

As a noun erf

is inheritance; patrimony or erf can be a small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement or erf can be (math) error function.

As an initialism eff is

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erf

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) erfe, erve, from (etyl) yrfe, . Related to (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • Inheritance; patrimony.
  • (by extension) Stock; cattle.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , related to (etyl) erf above.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement.

    • Etymology 3

    Abbreviation.

    Noun

  • (math) error function
    • ----

    eff

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ef

    Verb

  • (euphemistic, slang) Fuck.
    • Eff off!
    And he kept saying, "Effing this, effing that."

    Usage notes

    Eff' is used to replace ' fuck as a taboo swearword but not in its sense of "to copulate".

    Derived terms

    * eff all * eff and blind * effing * eff off ----