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Apex vs Opex - What's the difference?

apex | opex |

As a noun apex

is the highest point of something.

As an acronym OPEX is

operating expense or operating expenditure; the continuing costs of a business, in contrast to capital expenditure.

apex

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The highest point of something.
  • the apex of the building
  • (label) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
  • the apex of civilization
  • * 2002 , , WIGU adventures
  • It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.
  • (label) The topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation).
  • The pointed end of something.
  • # The lowest part of the human heart.
  • # The deepest part of a tooth's root.
  • (label) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the tip.
  • (label) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
  • (label) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
  • The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
  • (label) A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
  • (label) A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates .
  • Synonyms

    * (highest point) peak, top, summit * acme, culmination, height, peak, pinnacle * (pointed end) end, tip * See also

    opex

    English

    Acronym

    (Acronym) (head)
  • (business, finance) operating expense or operating expenditure; the continuing costs of a business, in contrast to capital expenditure.
  • operational executive
  • The 1959 United Nations programme to provide Operational and Executive staff as part of aid to certain countries
  • References

    * Charles W. Swenson The Accounting Review , Vol. 62, No. 1. (Jan., 1987), pp. 117-136. * H. E. Caustin African Affairs , Vol. 66, No. 263. (Apr., 1967), 113-126.

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