Aahed vs Ached - What's the difference?
aahed | ached |
(aah)
Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
Indication of joyful pleasure.
* 1834 — (Edgar Allan Poe),
Indication of sympathy.
Indication of mouth being opened wide.
To express understanding.
Expression of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
The exclamation aah.
To say or exclaim aah .
# To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah .
# To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah .
(ache)
To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
* Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , Act II, Scene V:
* , chapter=7
, title= (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
* Shakespeare, The Tempest , Act I, Scene II:
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As verbs the difference between aahed and ached
is that aahed is (aah) while ached is (ache).aahed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*aah
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- Aah! That's amazing!
- Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget?
- Dentists would always instruct, say aah!
- Aah . Now I understand.
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.
Usage notes
* Usually the verb is intransitive. The object of feelings usually is indicated by the prepositions over or at; sometimes it occurs as a direct object, especially in passive constructions. * Very often the word is used together with some other verb derived from an interjection. The most common combination is to ooh and aah . Perhaps it should be regarded as a separate lexical item. * The word belongs to the informal style.Anagrams
* English three-letter words ----ached
English
Verb
(head)ache
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words.Verb
- Fie, how my bones ache!
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache , the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
Derived terms
* ache forSee also
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- Fill all thy bones with aches .