# NAND vs NAS

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### NAND
*noun · frequency rank #45,536*
A binary operator composite of NOT AND; negation of AND function.

### NAS
*name · frequency rank #14,372*
Initialism of National Academy of Sciences (US).

## Source
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