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Ahh vs Awe - What's the difference?

ahh | awe |

As nouns the difference between ahh and awe

is that ahh is while awe is a feeling of fear and reverence.

As verbs the difference between ahh and awe

is that ahh is while awe is to inspire fear and reverence in.

As an interjection ahh

is .

ahh

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 4, Joe Brescia, Twins Graduate From Columbia to Stardom at the Circus, New York Times citation
  • , passage=In any given performance, their tosses and spins and leaps elicit oohs and ahhs from children and adults. }}
  • *
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • Anagrams

    *

    awe

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A feeling of fear and reverence.
  • A feeling of amazement.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
  • For several minutes no one spoke; I think they must each have been as overcome by awe as was I. All about us was a flora and fauna as strange and wonderful to us as might have been those upon a distant planet had we suddenly been miraculously transported through ether to an unknown world.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=Anna Lena Phillips , title=Sneaky Silk Moths , volume=100, issue=2, page=172 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}

    Derived terms

    * awe-inspiring * awesome * awestruck * awful

    Verb

    (aw)
  • To inspire fear and reverence in.
  • * '>citation
  • To control by inspiring dread.
  • Synonyms

    * (inspire reverence) enthral, enthrall; overwhelm

    Derived terms

    * awed * awesome * awe-inspiring * awful