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Oper vs Roper - What's the difference?

oper | roper |

As nouns the difference between oper and roper

is that oper is a network operator on IRC while roper is agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat.

As a proper noun Roper is

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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

    roper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat.
  • (dated) A maker of ropes.
    • (Piers Plowman)
  • One who ropes goods; a packer.
  • (archaic, slang) One fit to be hanged.
    • (Douce)

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

    (head)