Ope vs Dope - What's the difference?

ope | dope |

As adjectives the difference between ope and dope

is that ope is while dope is doped.

As verbs the difference between ope and dope

is that ope is (archaic) to open while dope is .

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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dope

English

Noun

(uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.

(uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.

(uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen,

(uncountable, slang) Any illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin.

* 1953 , , Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer , Pantheon, 1981, p. 18

Here's a cure for all your troubles, here's an end to all distress. It's the old dope peddler, with his powdered happiness.''

(uncountable, slang) Information.

* What's the latest dope on the stock market?

(countable, slang) A stupid person.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* dope fiend * dope sheet * dope slap/dope-slap

Verb

(slang) To affect with drugs.

To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).

(electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).

(slang) To use drugs.

Adjective

(er)

(slang) Great, amazing or extraordinary.

That party was dope !

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