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Foil vs Foiler - What's the difference?

foil | foiler |

As nouns the difference between foil and foiler

is that foil is a very thin sheet of metal or foil can be failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage or foil can be (hunting) the track of an animal while foiler is one who foils or frustrates.

As a verb foil

is to prevent (something) from being accomplished or foil can be (mathematics) to multiply two binomials together or foil can be (obsolete) to defile; to soil.

foil

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A particular algorithm for multiplying two binomials.

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply the FOIL algorithm to.

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    foiler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who foils or frustrates.
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