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Nor vs Noir - What's the difference?

nor | noir |

As nouns the difference between nor and noir

is that nor is alternative form of NOR|lang=en while noir is a production in the style of film noir.

As a conjunction nor

is and not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one.

As an adjective noir is

of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre.

nor

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.

Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)
  • (literary) And not ()
  • * (Boethius)
    • Out with it, nor hold it fast within your breast.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
  • * Sir (Walter Scott),
    • And, moreover, I had made my vow to preserve my rank unknown till the crusade should be accomplished; nor did I mention it
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= T time , passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them
  • (Used to introduce a further negative statement)
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor , indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.}}
  • (UK, dialect, Yorkshire) Than.
    • See also
    * neither

    Etymology 2

    Possibly ; alternatively, short for "negation of OR".

    Noun

    (Logical NOR) (en noun)
  • (logic, electronics)

    • See also

    * and * nand * or * xor

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    noir

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (film, TV) Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
  • * {{quote-book, 2008, Jerold J. Abrams & Elizabeth Cooke, chapter=Detection and the Logic of Abduction in The X-Files , The Philosophy of TV Noir citation
    • , passage=As a neo-Sherlock Holmes, however, Mulder is also a very noir version of the classic detective (just as Scully is a very noir Watson).}}

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (film, and, TV) A production in the style of film noir
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, January 29, Wendell Jamieson, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, Nights Are Noir in Fog City, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Several noirs , including “Raw Deal,” have been set here. }}

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