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Operad vs Opera - What's the difference?

operad | opera |

As a noun operad

is (mathematics) a set of operations, each one having a fixed finite number of arguments and one output, which can be composed with others.

operad

English

(wikipedia operad)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics) A set of operations, each one having a fixed finite number of arguments and one output, which can be composed with others.
  • Derived terms

    * operadic ----

    opera

    English

    (wikipedia opera)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (lb) A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
  • (lb) The score for such a work.
  • A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
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  • *:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera , the gorged dowagers,, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
  • A company dedicated to performing such works.
  • (lb) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembing an opera.
  • A collection of work (plural of opus).
  • Derived terms

    * comic opera * grand opera * horse opera * oat opera * opera bouffe * opera comique * opera buffa * opera hat * opera house * opera seria * opera singer * opera slipper * soap opera * space opera

    See also

    * aria * ballet * masque * melodrama * musical comedy * recitative * singspiel *

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