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Prover vs Profer - What's the difference?

prover | profer |

As a noun prover

is one who or that which proves.

As a verb profer is

to utter; to pronounce.

prover

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who or that which proves.
  • A person, device, or program that performs logical or mathematical proofs.
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    • , passage=The prover belongs to a family of checking devices, Turing machines or sequences of these, that are capable of establishing the probable correctness of solutions for very large classes of problems. }}

    Derived terms

    * linen prover English agent nouns ----

    profer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Verb

    (proferr)
  • To utter; to pronounce.
  • To deliver.

    • See also

    * proffer

    References

    * "profer." Dictionary.com * Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. 02 Oct. 2008. * * ----