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Perforce vs Git - What's the difference?

perforce | git |

As verbs the difference between perforce and git

is that perforce is to force; to compel while git is to get.

As an adverb perforce

is by force.

As a noun git is

a contemptible person.

perforce

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (archaic) By force.
  • * 1593 — , Act iii, scene 1 (First Folio)
    • If ?he denie, Lord Hastings goe with him,
    And from her iealous Armes pluck him perforce .
  • * 1610 , , act 5 scene 1
    • For you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother
    Would even infect my mouth, I do forgive
    Thy rankest fault; all of them; and require
    My dukedom of thee, which, perforce , I know
    Thou must restore.
  • Necessarily.
  • * 1813 — , Pride and Prejudice , ch. 17
    • Mr. Wickham's happiness and her own were perforce delayed a little longer, and Mr. Collins's proposal accepted with as good a grace as she could..
  • * , Episode 16
    • So, bevelling around by Mullett's and the Signal House which they shortly reached, they proceeded perforce in the direction of Amiens street railway terminus
  • * 2006 — Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut, Immigrant America: A Portrait , 3rd ed., page 239
    • Adult immigrants must perforce learn some English, and their children are likely to become English monolinguals.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "perforce")

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To force; to compel.

    • git

    English

    Alternative forms

    * get

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , related to beget. (from Online Etymology Dictionary)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang, pejorative) A contemptible person.
  • (British, slang, pejorative) A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person.
  • *
    • Usage notes
    * 'Git' is usually used as an insult, more severe than twit but less severe than a true profanity like wanker or arsehole, and may often be used affectionately between friends. 'Get' can also be used, with a subtle change of meaning. 'You cheeky get!' is slightly less harsh than 'You cheeky git!'. * 'Git' is frequently used in conjunction with another word to achieve a more specific meaning. For instance a "smarmy git" refers to a person of a slimy, ingratiating disposition; a "jammy git" would be a person with undeserved luck. The phrase "grumpy old git", denoting a cantankerous old man, is used with particular frequency. * In parts of northern , 'get' is still used in preference to 'git'. In the Republic of Ireland, 'get', rather than 'git' is used. * The word has been ruled by the .

    Verb

    (gitt)
  • (Appalachian, Southern US, AAVE) To get.
  • (Appalachian, Southern US, AAVE) To leave.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (channel in metal casting)

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