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Awk vs Aww - What's the difference?

awk | aww |

As an adjective awk

is odd; out of order; perverse.

As an adverb awk

is perversely; in the wrong way.

As a proper noun awk

is a Unix scripting language or the command line interface itself.

As a noun awk

is code written in or skill in using the awk language.

As an interjection aww is

alternative form of lang=en.

As a verb aww is

to make an aww sound.

awk

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Odd; out of order; perverse.
  • (obsolete) Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the butt end).
  • (Golding)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.
  • Awkward; uncomfortable.
  • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (label) Perversely; in the wrong way.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) A Unix scripting language or the command line interface itself.
  • Noun

    (-)
  • (usually attributive, computing) Code written in or skill in using the awk language.
  • I used C, Perl, the Bourne shell, and some awk and tcl to implement these projects.

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    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!

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make an aww sound.