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As nouns the difference between nor and none

is that nor is alternative form of NOR|lang=en while none is a person without religious affiliation.

As a conjunction nor

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

As a pronoun none is

not any (one) {{term|of}} a given number or group of things. With singular or plural concord.

As a determiner none is

not any; no.

As an adverb none is

(in no way) To no extent, in no way.

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)
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  • , 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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    none

    English

    Alternative forms

    * non

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • Not any (one) (of) a given number or group of things. With singular or plural concord.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.}}
  • * 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, page 253:
  • Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.
  • Not any person: no one, nobody (with singular concord); no people (with plural concord).
  • Usage notes

    Although uncountable nouns require none'' to be conjugated with a singular verb, ''e.g.'', ''None of this meat tastes right'', the pronoun can be either singular or plural in most other cases, ''e.g.'', ''Fifty people applied for the position, but none were accepted.'', and ''None was qualified . However, where the given or implied context is clearly singular or plural, then a matching verb makes better sense: : None of these men is my father. : None of those options is the best one. : None of these people are my parents.

    Antonyms

    * some * all

    Derived terms

    * half a loaf is better than none

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • (archaic, outside, Scotland) Not any; no.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Matthew XXV:
  • the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 138:
  • None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (senseid) To no extent, in no way.
  • I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
    He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
  • Not at all.
  • Now don't you worry none .
  • (obsolete) No, not.
  • * c. 1390 , Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Shipman's Tale", Canterbury Tales :
  • And up into his contour-hous gooth he / To rekene with hymself, wel may be, / Of thilke yeer how that it with hym stood, / And how that he despended hadde his good, / And if that he encresses were or noon .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person without religious affiliation.
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