Open vs Fair - What's the difference?

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Open is a synonym of fair.

As a noun open

is .

As a proper noun fair is

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Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.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

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fayr, feir, fager, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)

Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.

*{{quote-book, year=1917, year_published=2008

, edition=HTML, author=(Edgar Rice Burroughs), publisher=The Gutenberg Project , title= A Princess of Mars , passage="It was a purely scientific research party sent out by my father's father, the Jeddak of Helium, to rechart the air currents, and to take atmospheric density tests," replied the fair prisoner, in a low, well-modulated voice.}}

*{{quote-book, year=2010, author=(Stephan Grundy)

, title= Beowulf , genre=Fiction, publisher=iUniverse, isbn=9781440156977, page=33 , passage=And yet he was also, though many generations separated them, distant cousin to the shining eoten-main Geard, whom the god Frea Ing had seen from afar and wedded; and to Scatha, the fair daughter of the old thurse Theasa, who had claimed a husband from among the gods as weregild for her father's slaying: often, it was said, the ugliest eotens would sire the fairest maids.}}

Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.

*Book of Common Prayer

*:a fair white linen cloth

Light in color, pale, particularly as regards skin tone but also referring to blond hair.

*1677 , (Matthew Hale), The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature , page 200

*:the northern people large and fair -complexioned

*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair , and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

Just, equitable.

*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

Adequate, reasonable, or decent.

*, chapter=3

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}

Favorable to a ship's course.

Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.

*(Matthew Prior) (1664-1721)

*:You wish fair winds may waft him over.

Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.

*Sir (Walter Raleigh) (ca.1554-1618)

*:The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged.

(lb) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.

(lb) Between the baselines.

Synonyms

* (beautiful) beautiful, pretty, lovely * (unblemished) pure, clean, neat * (light in color) pale * (just) honest, just, equitable

Derived terms

* all's fair in love and war * fair and square * fair cop * fair copy * fair go * fair play * fair sex * fair to middling * fair use * fair-weather friend * to be fair

Noun

(fair)

Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).

When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul?

(obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.

* 1744 , , act 2, scene 8

''Love and Hymen, hand in hand,

''Come, restore the nuptial band!

''And sincere delights prepare

''To crown the hero and the fair .

* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 39:

In enjoying, therefore, such place of rendezvous, the British fair ought to esteem themselves more happy than any of their foreign sisters

* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , III.24:

If single, probably his plighted Fair / Has in his absence wedded some rich miser [...].

(obsolete) Fairness, beauty.

(Shakespeare)

A fair woman; a sweetheart.

* Shenstone

I have found out a gift for my fair .

(obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.

* Shakespeare

Now fair befall thee!

Verb

(en verb)

To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).

To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).

To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air drag or water resistance.

(obsolete) To make fair or beautiful.

* Shakespeare

Fairing the foul.

Synonyms

* (to reduce air drag or water resistance) to streamline

Derived terms

* fair off * fair up * fairing

Adverb

(en adverb)

Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously; agreeably.

Derived terms

* bid fair * fair and square

Etymology 2

From (etyl) feire, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.

An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.

* , chapter=7

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}

An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business.

A funfair, an amusement park.

Derived terms

* funfair

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