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Oper vs Oyer - What's the difference?

oper | oyer |

As nouns the difference between oper and oyer

is that oper is (internet) a network operator on irc while oyer is (legal|archaic) a hearing in a civil case which is based on the content of a document, in which the plaintiff is required to produce the document.

oper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Internet) A network operator on IRC.
  • * 2000 , Howard Rheingold, The virtual community: homesteading on the electronic frontier (issue 28, page 187)
    • Chanops can kick people off a channel; opers can ban people logging in from specific Internet sites from participating in IRC.

    Synonyms

    * IRCop

    Related terms

    * chanop * op * deop * reop

    oyer

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (legal, archaic) A hearing in a civil case which is based on the content of a document, in which the plaintiff is required to produce the document.

    • Usage notes

    * A defendant who formally asks for oyer is said to (term).

    See also

    * oyer and terminer

    Anagrams

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