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Bonk vs Hello - What's the difference?

bonk | hello |

As verbs the difference between bonk and hello

is that bonk is to strike or collide with something while hello is to greet with "hello".

As nouns the difference between bonk and hello

is that bonk is a bump on the head while hello is "!" or an equivalent greeting.

As an interjection hello is

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bonk

English

Verb

(en verb) (slim-wikipedia)
  • To strike or collide with something.
  • To have sexual intercourse.
  • (skateboarding) To hit something with the front wheels of the skateboard, whilst in the air, this pre-dates the snowboarding term,
  • (snowboarding) To hit something (especially a tree) with one's snowboard, especially while in the air.
  • To experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion.

    • Synonyms

    * (to have sexual intercourse) boink * (experience fatigue)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bump on the head.
  • Any minor collision or random meeting.
  • An act of sexual intercourse.
  • A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    hello

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hallo * hilloa (obsolete) * hullo (UK)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!'” at the top of my lungs.
  • (colloquial)

    • Usage notes

    * The greeting hello is among the most generic and neutral in use. It may be heard in nearly all social situations and in nearly all walks of life, and is unlikely to cause offense.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "hello")

    Synonyms

    * (greeting) ** g'day, hey, hi, ** hallo, hi, hiya, ey up ** hallo, hey, hi, howdy ** how's it going, hey, hi ** howzit ** (slang) wassup, what's up, yo, sup * See also

    Antonyms

    * (greeting) bye, goodbye

    Derived terms

    *

    See also

    * * (wikipedia "hello")

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • "!" or an equivalent greeting.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 29, author=Stephanie Rosenbloom, title=A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In many new buildings, though, neighbors are venturing beyond tight-lipped hellos at the mailbox.}}

    Synonyms

    * greeting

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To greet with "hello".
  • * 2013 , Ivan Doig, English Creek (page 139)
    • I had to traipse around somewhat, helloing' people and being ' helloed , before I spotted my mother and my father, sharing shade and a spread blanket with Pete and Marie Reese and Toussaint Rennie near the back of the park.
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