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Bogey vs Poo - What's the difference?

bogey | poo |

As nouns the difference between bogey and poo

is that bogey is (archaic) the devil while poo is (countable|colloquial|often|childish) excrement; faecal matter.

As verbs the difference between bogey and poo

is that bogey is (golf) to make a bogey while poo is (colloquial|often|childish) to defecate.

As an interjection poo is

(colloquial|euphemistic) expression of displeasure or failure; shit!.

bogey

English

Alternative forms

* bogie * bogy

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) The Devil.
  • An object of terror; a bugbear.
  • *1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 54:
  • *:If one man could be said to be responsible for the creation of the Russian bogy , it was a much-decorated British general named Sir Robert Wilson.
  • One of two sets of wheels under a train car.
  • (UK) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril.
  • (engineering) A representative specimen, taken from the centre a spread of production - a sample with bogey (typical) characteristics.
  • (engineering) a standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
  • An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen, and often suspected to be hostile. (Also sometimes used as a synonym for bandit - an enemy aircraft)
  • (golf) A score of one over par in golf.
  • Synonyms

    * (piece of semisolid mucus) booger (US)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (golf) To make a bogey.
  • See also

    * bogart / Bogart ----

    poo

    English

    Noun

  • (countable, colloquial, often, childish) Excrement; faecal matter.
  • (uncountable, slang) Marijuana resin.
  • (uncountable, slang) champagne
  • Who wants another glass of poo ?

    Synonyms

    * (excrement) crap, dung, feces, poop, shit (vulgar), shite, turd * See also

    Coordinate terms

    * pee

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial, often, childish) To defecate.
  • Coordinate terms

    * pee

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (colloquial, euphemistic) Expression of displeasure or failure; shit!
  • Synonyms

    * See also * shit

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