HO— acts as nucleophile because it is an electron rich species always ready to donate their electron pair to electron deficient species.
Here —CN acts as a nucleophile because it id electron rich species and it can donate electron pair to electron deficient species.
CH3CO+ acts as an electrophile as it is an electron deficient species. Always ready to accept the electron pair from electron rich species.
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