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Scopie vs Scope - What's the difference?

scopie | scope |

As nouns the difference between scopie and scope

is that scopie is an aerospace systems operator (ASOp) or fighter controller (FC) in the Royal Air Force while scope is the breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.

As a proper noun Scopie

is obsolete spelling of Skopje|lang=en.

As a verb scope is

to perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.

scopie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, military, slang) An aerospace systems operator (ASOp) or fighter controller (FC) in the Royal Air Force.
  • * 1999 February 24, "Roger Gilmartin" (username), Leaving the RAF'', in uk.people.ex-forces, ''Usenet :
    • I always thought we were paid more BECAUSE of the boredom factor. Certainly the air traffic sections worked just the same shifts, and stood their turn at ground defence like us scopies' so no cause for a ' scopie premium there !
  • * 1999 , March 1, Gordon Clark (author), "Re:Leaving the RAF" in uk.people.ex-forces, Usenet [http://groups.google.com/group/uk.people.ex-forces/msg/81bc155dd3ab3c30]:
    • I don't regret joining as a scopie even though I wanted to be a Telecomms techie!
  • * 1999 August 19, "Roger G" (username), Type 80 Radar'', in uk.people.ex-forces, ''Usenet :
    • Yup - Buchan scopie 75 - 77. What a good radar that was.
  • * 2000 February 23, "Steve McNamara" (username), RAF Brownside'', in uk.rec.subterranea, ''Usenet :
    • Perhaps this site is something to do with the Scopies at Boulmer?

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    scope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
  • A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target
  • (computing) The region of program source in which an identifier is meaningful.
  • (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
  • (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
    • the scope of an adverb
  • (slang) Shortened form of periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.

    • Derived terms

    * scopeless

    Verb

    (scop)
  • To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out .
  • (slang) To perform arthroscopic surgery.
    • The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
  • (slang) To examine under a microscope.
    • The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.

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    * copes * copse ----