O vs. Or

O vs. Or — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between O and Or

Onoun

(IRC) Operator

Orconjunction

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either{{...}}or".

Onoun

Object, see SVO

Orconjunction

Logical union of two sets of values. There are two forms, an exclusive or and an inclusive or.

Onoun

A zero used in reading out numbers.

It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM).The first permanent English settlement in America was in Jamestown in sixteen-o-seven (1607).

Orconjunction

Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.

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Oadjective

Over

Orconjunction

Otherwise; a consequence of the condition that the previous is false

It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!

Onoun

the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens;

people with type O blood are universal donors

Orconjunction

Connects two equivalent names.

the country Myanmar or Burma

Onoun

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

Ornoun

alternative form of OR

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Onoun

the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet

Ornoun

(tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

Oradjective

(tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

Oradverb

(obsolete) Early (on).

Oradverb

(obsolete) Earlier, previously.

Orpreposition

Before; ere.

Ornoun

a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

Ornoun

a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations;

great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic