Ope vs Owe - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between ope and owe

is that ope is to open while owe is to be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

As an adjective ope

is open.

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.

Anagrams

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owe

English

Verb

(ow)

To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

*1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 7:

*:He inherited a fair fortune from his uncle, but owed it all before he came into it, and spent it twice over immediately afterwards.

To have debt, to be in debt.

Usage notes

* The original past tense form was ought, which during Middle English began to be used with indefinite signification and has become a distinct verb. The original past participle has become the adjective own.