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There are, as we shall see, other differences; but on the most superficial level one might observe that the NSOED offers more information about fewer words, which may well prove an enticement to those who already have a largish dictionary (even the RHDU ).
The NSOED is an impressive, extremely usable dictionary for those sophisticated enough to know how to use it, by which I mean not only Americans: those who have an earlier edition would be well served to replace it with this one.
It is not made clear why the standard IPA transcriptions [ai] or [ai] was not used for the vowel sound in I, why, might , etc.: the NSOED shows /\?
It must be noted that definitions are ordered historically (as the title of the NSOED implies), not by frequency.
I must express a prejudice, however, for the benefit of all who have a personal computer with a CD-ROM and who have the wherewithal to acquire the OED2e on CD-ROM: there is nothing like it in terms of ease of access, speed, convenience (as compared with hoisting one or more volumes of the OED2e or NSOED every time one wants to look something up).