diff --git a/django/contrib/postgres/search.py b/django/contrib/postgres/search.py
index 1a4be55cb9..f0291c5ed3 100644
--- a/django/contrib/postgres/search.py
+++ b/django/contrib/postgres/search.py
@@ -415,17 +415,11 @@ class LexemeCombinable:
     # On Combinable, these are not implemented to reduce confusion with Q. In
     # this case we are actually (ab)using them to do logical combination so
     # it's consistent with other usage in Django.
-    def bitand(self, other):
-        return self._combine(other, self.BITAND, False)
-
-    def bitor(self, other):
+    def __or__(self, other):
         return self._combine(other, self.BITOR, False)
 
-    def __or__(self, other):
-        return self.bitor(other)
-
     def __and__(self, other):
-        return self.bitand(other)
+        return self._combine(other, self.BITAND, False)
 
 
 class Lexeme(LexemeCombinable, Value):