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Greps vs Creps - What's the difference?

greps | creps |

As a verb greps

is third-person singular of grep.

As a noun creps is

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greps

English

Verb

(head)
  • (grep)

    • Anagrams

    * pregs ----

    grep

    English

    (wikipedia grep)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A program which selects lines in a file which match a given pattern.

    • Verb

    (grepp)
  • To use a program such as grep to search in a file.
  • By extension, to search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).

    • Derived terms

    * greppable

    Phrases

    * you can't grep dead trees: one can more easily search through digital media, using tools such as grep, than one can search through paper books (i.e., those made from dead trees)

    Anagrams

    * preg

    External links

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    creps

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • * Mark Dawson, The Cleaner (page 7)
    • The others hollered. “He's sicked up all over his creps !” Chips exclaimed.
  • * 2011 , Chyna Chyna, FAM: Rolling in a London Girl Gang
    • He skulked, like his creps was made out of lead. His skin, normally like polished bronze, was drained flat, as if he'd been bleached. When I smiled and said hello to him, Husayn looked at me from fifty miles away.