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Shope vs Scope - What's the difference?

shope | scope |

As verbs the difference between shope and scope

is that shope is (obsolete) (shape) while scope is to perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out .

As a noun scope is

the breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.

shope

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete) (shape)
  • * 1530 , , Genesis 2:7, in The Pentatauch , reprinted verbatim by Jacob Isidor Mombert. Anson D.F. Randolph & Company, 1884, Google Books, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ySMXAAAAYAAJ&pg],
    • Then the Lord God shope man, even of the mould of the earth and breathed into his face the breath of life.

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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.

    Anagrams

    * copes * copse ----