Open vs Clear - What's the difference?

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Open is a related term of clear.

As nouns the difference between open and clear

is that open is while clear is (scientology) an idea state of beingness free of unwanted influences.

open

English

(wikipedia open)

Adjective

(en adjective)

(not comparable) Which is not closed; accessible; unimpeded; as, an open gate.

* 1908, (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows) , Chapter 2

The open road, the dusty highway

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}

Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded.

an open''' hand; an '''open''' flower; an '''open prospect

* Dryden

Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight.

(not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.

(comparable) Receptive.

* Bible, Acts xix. 33

If Demetrius have a matter against any man, the law is open and there are deputies.

* Shakespeare

The service that I truly did his life, / Hath left me open to all injuries.

(not comparable) Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration.

* Shakespeare

His thefts are too open .

* Milton

That I may find him, and with secret gaze / Or open admiration him behold.

(not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.

* Alexander Pope

with aspect open , shall erect his head

* Shakespeare

The Moor is of a free and open nature.

* Addison

The French are always open , familiar, and talkative.

(mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.

(mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of

X

, that defines a topological space on

X

In current use; mapped to part of memory.

(business) Not fulfilled.

Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.

an open question

to keep an offer or opportunity open

(music, stringed instruments) Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard.

Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.

an open winter

(Francis Bacon)

(phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.

(phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.

Synonyms

* (not closed) accessible, unimpeded

Antonyms

* (accessible) closed, shut

Derived terms

(Terms derived from the adjective "open") * break open * clopen * drop open * half-open * keep a weather eye open * keep an eye open * lay open * open-air * open-and-shut * open-armed * open-arse * open bar * open book * open cluster * open-collar * open compound * open content * open design * open-ended * open-eyed * open-face * open-faced * open fireplace * open goal * open-handed/openhanded * open heart surgery * open-hearted * open-hearth * open house * open interest * open letter * open listing * open loop * open marriage * open matte * open mic * open mind * open-mouthed * open outcry * open outsourcing * open-plan * open problem * open proxy * open sandwich * open sea * open season * open secret * open sight * open source * open system * open water * open-work * openable * openside * Open University * wide open * with open arms

Verb

(en verb)

To make something accessible or remove an obstacle to its being accessible.

* , chapter=7

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}

To bring up (a topic).

To make accessible to customers or clients.

To start (a campaign).

To become .

* , chapter=1

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}

To begin conducting business.

To enter upon; to begin.

to open''' a discussion; to '''open''' fire upon an enemy; to '''open''' trade, or correspondence; to '''open a case in court, or a meeting

(cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.

(poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.

(transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.

To load into memory for viewing or editing.

To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.

to open a closed fist

to open matted cotton by separating the fibres

(obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.

* Francis Bacon

The king opened himself to some of his council, that he was sorry for the earl's death.

* Bible, Jer. xx. 12

Unto thee have I opened my cause.

Antonyms

* (to make accessible) close, shut

Derived terms

* open a can of whoop ass * open fire * open one's big mouth * open sesame * open shop * open the attack * open the face * open up * reopen *

Noun

(en noun)

A sports event in which anybody can compete; as, the Australian Open.

(electronics) a wire that is broken midway.

The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.

(with the ) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.

I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!

Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open , dodging instead from thicket to thicket.

(with the ) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.

We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open .

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Alternative forms

* (contraction used in electronics)

Adjective

(er)

Transparent in colour.

Bright, not dark or obscured.

Free of obstacles.

* , chapter=1

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path

Without clouds.

Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

(lb) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.

Free of ambiguity or doubt.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.

Distinct, sharp, well-marked.

(lb) Free of guilt, or suspicion.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, / In action faithful, and in honour clear .

(lb) Without a thickening ingredient.

Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.

(lb) Free from the influence of engrams; see .

Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

Mother of science! now I feel thy power / Within me clear , not only to discern / Things in their causes, but to trace the ways / Of highest agents.

Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

With a countenance as clear / As friendship wears at feasts.

Easily or distinctly heard; audible.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

Hark! the numbers soft and clear / Gently steal upon the ear.

Unmixed; entirely pure.

Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.

Without diminution; in full; net.

* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

I often wished that I had clear , / For life, six hundred pounds a year.

Antonyms

* obscure * (of a soup) thick

Derived terms

* as clear as a bell * as clear as day * as clear as mud * clarity * clearly * clearness * crystal clear * free and clear * in the clear * keep a clear head * keep clear

Adverb

(-)

All the way; entirely.

I threw it clear across the river to the other side.

Not near something or touching it.

Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.

free (or separate) from others

* {{quote-news

, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Much soul-searching is going on at the west London club who, just seven weeks ago, were five points clear at the top of the table and playing with the verve with which they won the title last season. }}

(obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.

* (rfdate) (Milton)

Now clear I understand.

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To remove obstructions or impediments from.

*1715–8 , (Matthew Prior), “Alma: or, The Progre?s of the Mind” in Poems on Several Occa?ions (1741), canto III, p.297:

*:Faith, Dick, I mu?t confe?s, ?tis true // (But this is only Entre Nous ) // That many knotty Points there are, // Which All di?cu?s, but Few can clear .

*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

*:A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=7 citation , passage=‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared .

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Unspontaneous combustion , passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear' its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to ' clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}

(lb) To become freed from obstructions.

*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.

(lb) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.

(lb) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:Iam sure he will clear me from partiality.

*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

*:Wouldst thou clear rebellion?

(lb) To pass without interference; to miss.

(lb) To become clear.

(lb) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

To earn a profit of; to net.

* (1800-1859)

the profit which she cleared on the cargo

(lb) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.

*1613 , (Francis Bacon), (second edition), essay 18: “ Of Expences”:

*:Be?ides, he that cleares' at once will relap?e: for finding him?elfe out of ?traights, he will reuert to his cu?tomes. But hee that ' cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as well vpon his minde, as vpon his E?tate.

To obtain a clearance.

(lb) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending goal.

*{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Chris Whyatt, title=Chelsea 1-0 Bolton

, work=BBC citation , passage=Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.}}

To fell all trees of a forest.

To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

Synonyms

* (clear a forest) stub

Derived terms

* clear away * clear off * clear out * clear up * clearance * clearing

Noun

(en noun)

(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

a room ten feet square in the clear

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