Oke vs Ope - What's the difference?

oke | ope |

As a noun oke

is a Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs.

As an adjective ope is

open.

As a verb ope is

to open.

oke

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) okka,"oke." *OED 2nd edition. 1989. (online) "oka." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1).'' Random House, Inc. 2009. from (etyl) , from (etyl) ''uncia .

Noun

(en noun)

(historical, or, obsolete) A Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs.

References

Etymology 2

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)

(South Africa, slang) man; guy; bloke

* 1998 , Leon Schuster, Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book (page 106)

An oke meets up with his ex-wife at a party. After a few dops, he puts his arm around her and suggests they go to bed. 'Over my dead body,' she snarls at him. He downs his drink and says, 'I see you haven't changed.'

* 2005 , Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex

I had initiated an African ritual by giving the pipe to him. And you can never stay befuck with an oke you smoke nchangu with.

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ope

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.6:

*:Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […].

* 1819 , (John Keats), Otho the Great , Act V, Scene V, verses 191-192:

We are all weary — faint — set ope the doors —

I will to bed! — To-morrow —

* Herbert

On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope .

Verb

(op)

(archaic) To open.

* 1611 , William Shakespeare, The Tempest , Act I, scene II :

The hour's now come, the very minute bids thee ope thine ear; obey and be attentive.

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