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Perv vs Nonce - What's the difference?

perv | nonce |

As nouns the difference between perv and nonce

is that perv is (slang) shortened term for pervert while nonce is the one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce ) or nonce can be (british|slang|pejorative) a sex offender, especially of children; a paedophile or nonce can be (cryptography) a value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.

As a verb perv

is (slang) to stare at others in a perverted manner, especially whilst thinking sexual thoughts about them.

As an adjective nonce is

denoting something occurring once.

perv

English

Alternative forms

* perve

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) Shortened term for pervert.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To stare at others in a perverted manner, especially whilst thinking sexual thoughts about them.
  • The soccer coach perved on one of the players as he undressed in the change room.

    Anagrams

    * English clippings

    nonce

    English

    (wikipedia nonce)

    Etymology 1

    From a misdivision in (etyl) of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce ).
  • That will do for the nonce , but we'll need a better answer for the long term.
  • * 1857 , , chapter 6:
  • 'Idiot!' exclaimed the doctor, who for the nonce was not capable of more than such spasmodic attempts at utterance.
  • (lexicography) A nonce word.
  • I had thought that the term was a nonce , but it seems as if it's been picked up by other authors.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • denoting something occurring once.
  • Derived terms

    * for the nonce * nonce word * nonce borrowing

    Etymology 2

    , from Nancy boy. See for further discussion.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang, pejorative) A sex offender, especially of children; a paedophile.
  • That bloke who lives at number 53 is a nonce!
  • (British, slang) A stupid or worthless person.
  • Shut it, ya nonce!

    Etymology 3

    Contraction of number used once .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cryptography) A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
  • In this protocol we use the serial number of the message as a nonce .
  • * 1999 , Network Working Group, RFC 2617 – HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication , The Internet Society, page 22,
  • The information gained by the eavesdropper would permit a replay attack, but only with a request for the same document, and even that may be limited by the server's choice of nonce .
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