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Nonce vs Hash - What's the difference?

nonce | hash |

As nouns the difference between nonce and hash

is that nonce is the one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce) while hash is food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.

As adjectives the difference between nonce and hash

is that nonce is denoting something occurring once while hash is hashed, chopped into small pieces.

As a verb hash is

to chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.

nonce

English

(wikipedia nonce)

Etymology 1

From a misdivision in (etyl) of .

Noun

(en noun)
  • The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce ).
  • That will do for the nonce , but we'll need a better answer for the long term.
  • * 1857 , , chapter 6:
  • 'Idiot!' exclaimed the doctor, who for the nonce was not capable of more than such spasmodic attempts at utterance.
  • (lexicography) A nonce word.
  • I had thought that the term was a nonce , but it seems as if it's been picked up by other authors.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • denoting something occurring once.
  • Derived terms

    * for the nonce * nonce word * nonce borrowing

    Etymology 2

    , from Nancy boy. See for further discussion.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang, pejorative) A sex offender, especially of children; a paedophile.
  • That bloke who lives at number 53 is a nonce!
  • (British, slang) A stupid or worthless person.
  • Shut it, ya nonce!

    Etymology 3

    Contraction of number used once .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cryptography) A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
  • In this protocol we use the serial number of the message as a nonce .
  • * 1999 , Network Working Group, RFC 2617 – HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication , The Internet Society, page 22,
  • The information gained by the eavesdropper would permit a replay attack, but only with a request for the same document, and even that may be limited by the server's choice of nonce .
    English nouns which have interacted with their indefinite article ----

    hash

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • Food]], especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
  • * 1633 , Samuel Pepys, Diary
  • I had for them, after oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb, and a rare chine of beef.
  • A confused mess.
  • * 1847 , Charlotte Yonge, Scenes and Characters
  • Oh! no, not Naylor's--the girls have made a hash there, as they do everything else; but we will settle her before they come out again.
  • The symbol (octothorpe, pound).
  • (computing) The result generated by a hash function.
  • A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.
  • * Walpole
  • I cannot bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session.
  • A hash run; a sort of paperchase organised by the (Hash House Harriers).
  • * 1987 , Susan Scott-Stevens, Foreign Consultants and Counterparts (page 81)
  • Most hashes are planned as family affairs, with a shorter "puppy" trail laid for the children.
    Synonyms
    * (result generated by hash function) checksum
    Derived terms
    * * * * * *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Hashed, chopped into small pieces
  • * 1855 , William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes
  • The Colonel, himself, was great at making hash mutton, hot-pot, curry, and pillau.
    Derived terms
    * hash browns * hash function * hashhouse * hash table * hash map * hashing * hash coding * hash key * hash value * hashtag

    Verb

    (es)
  • To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
  • In like manner, we shall represent human nature at first to the keen appetite of our reader, in that more plain and simple manner in which it is found in the country, and shall hereafter hash and ragoo it with all the high French and Italian seasoning of affectation and vice which courts and cities afford.
  • To make a quick, rough version
  • We need to quickly hash up some plans.
  • (computing) To transform according to a hash function.
  • Derived terms
    * hash out * rehash

    Etymology 2

    Clipped form of hashish .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.
  • Anagrams

    * ----