Awes vs Awws - What's the difference?
awes | awws |
(awe)
A feeling of fear and reverence.
A feeling of amazement.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
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To inspire fear and reverence in.
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To control by inspiring dread.
(aww)
As verbs the difference between awes and awws
is that awes is third-person singular of awe while awws is third-person singular of aww.awes
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*awe
English
Noun
(-)- 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.
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 * awfulVerb
(aw)Synonyms
* (inspire reverence) enthral, enthrall; overwhelmDerived terms
* awed * awesome * awe-inspiring * awfulAnagrams
* English three-letter words ----awws
English
Verb
(head)aww
English
Interjection
(en-interj) (with as many extra 'w's as needed for emphasis )- Aww , that's so sad: he hasn't yet learned to ride a bike
- Aww , look at the kitten curled up in her lap!