What's the difference between nope and tope?

Nope


Definition:

  • (n.) A bullfinch.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Oh”, said many, “You must doing it for charity.” Nope.
  • (2) Nope, he let's it go and now Kelly has walked the bases loaded with one out for the Wild Horse himself, Yasiel Puig.
  • (3) Nope, he grounds out to you know where, and even though Carpenter bobbles it, he throws over to get the former AL MVP just in time.
  • (4) "Nope, nope, nope," he said this week, brushing off talk of a reunion.
  • (5) 49ers 6-0 Panthers, 15:00, 2nd quarter The Panthers are 10 and 13 on 4th down conversions... but nope, the San Francisco defense stuffs Newton!
  • (6) 3.38am BST Heat 92-93 Spurs, 1:46 remaining in the 4th quarter Nope, it stays San Antonio ball as called, but they have less than a second.
  • (7) #Nope June 19, 2016 On Wednesday a Facebook spokesman confirmed to the Guardian that it was not using location data, with the same statement as supplied to Fusion.
  • (8) Nope, says Cole, and neither do courts that grant wiretap warrants.
  • (9) Updated at 4.28am BST 4.26am BST Spurs 93-71 Heat, 5:30 remaining, 4th quarter Nope.
  • (10) 4.24am BST Dodgers 2 - Cardinals 2, top of 8th Nope - that's a fail.
  • (11) #fundamentals January 5, 2014 1.57am GMT End of first quarter: Saints 0-0 Eagles Nope.
  • (12) Having persuaded numerous over-achieving women to keep time logs of their days, from dawn gym workouts (nope, me neither) to solving work crises at midnight, she observes that actually “their lives didn’t look that bad”.
  • (13) Nope, they offered this rather stark evaluation: "It was determined that on the whole these provisions indicate an interest in teaching at a research university and not at a college, like ours, that is both teaching and student centered."
  • (14) 1.06am BST Cardinals 9 - Pirates 1, Final Nope, just a single, his second of the night - he has half of Pittsburgh's four knocks tonight.
  • (15) At the last minute Robin popped in and the club owners decided, nope, we’re putting Robin on.
  • (16) In fact – and the letters make no mention of this – the child benefit tax charge is based on something called your "adjusted net income" (nope, I'd never heard of it either).
  • (17) Nope, a harmless pop out center field for the first out.
  • (18) That the Republicans think Rubio – and Cruz, to a lesser extent – is their Great Brown Hope instead of a Great Brown Nope despite all his negatives with Latinos ( he even introduced Mitt Romney during the 2012 Republican convention ) shows, once again, how much work the Reeps need to do to attract non-Cuban Latinos to their party.
  • (19) I remember watching a video of her eloquent speech at the G8 Summit in London in April – as she spoke in front of the world's leading foreign ministers, I stared at what I knew were tissue expanders and thought: "Nope, no one can tell."
  • (20) 6.49pm BST FULL TIME: Argentina 0-0 Switzerland Nope!

Tope


Definition:

  • (n.) A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.
  • (n.) A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope.
  • (n.) A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog.
  • (n.) The wren.
  • (v. i.) To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Chair of the judges Gus Casely-Hayford praised the story, saying: "Tope Folarin's 'Miracle' is another superb Caine prize winner – a delightful and beautifully-paced narrative, that is exquisitely observed and utterly compelling."
  • (2) Previous winners include Nigeria’s Tope Folarin in 2013 and Zimbabwe’s NoViolet Bulawayo in 2011.
  • (3) In 1987 the tope 1 percent of spenders accounted for 30 percent of health spending, up from 26 percent in 1970 and 29 percent in 1980.
  • (4) "Our doctors are worried about the danger it poses to their lives and the need to be reassured," said Tope Ojo, Lagos chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association.
  • (5) Nigerian writer Tope Folarin has scooped the Caine Prize for African Writing for his "utterly compelling" short story Miracle [PDF], set among Nigerian expatriates living in the US.

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