This exclusion operator searches
the database for each
of two (or more) words
but does
not return any records
that include two or more of the words.
This
increases
the likely set of results but not as much as when using the
"or"
operator.
Example
Searching for records containing
horsesxor
cows
Just the left or right sets of
results would satisfy and be included in the results of an
xor
search.
Warning
Searching for wordss containing
horsesxor
cows
could exclude articles that have useful information but just
happen to have the both of the words in them.