Temp vs Tease - What's the difference?
temp | tease |
temperature
temporary
a temporary employee, usually in an office
(computing, informal, mostly, attributive) a temporary storage location
* 2001 , John Y. Hsu, Computer Architecture: Software Aspects, Coding, and Hardware
* 2014 , Andrew W. Appel, Program Logics for Certified Compilers (page 162)
To work as a temporary employee.
* 2007 , , 01:24:50
*:--I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays.
To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
To back-comb.
To poke fun at.
To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
* (1800-1859)
*:Hesuffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.
*1684 , , (Hudibras)
*:Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing .
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
To entice, to tempt.
As nouns the difference between temp and tease
is that temp is time while tease is one who teases.As a verb tease is
to separate the fibres of a fibrous material.temp
English
(wikipedia temp)Abbreviation
(Abbreviation) (head)Noun
(en noun)- Consequently, the unit executes and places the result in a temp register.
- That is, r -values include numeric constants, nonaddressable local variables (temps )