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Bruv vs Bruh - What's the difference?

bruv | bruh |

As nouns the difference between bruv and bruh

is that bruv is brother, mate, friend while bruh is the rhesus macaque.

bruv

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, slang) Brother, mate, friend.
  • * 1992 , in Today :
    • The lads in the Nags 'Ead were just talking about your bit of managerial bovver and I said to Rodney, 'Bruv , this could be my big chance.'

    Usage notes

    * Used mainly to address one's brother, when it is sometimes capitalised.

    See also

    * (l)

    bruh

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) The rhesus macaque.
  • * 1838 , James Rennie, The Natural History of Monkeys, Opossums and Lemurs
    • in adolescence, and still more in youth, it is no less certain that the bruh is both good-natured and intelligent.

    Etymology 2

    A shortening of brother.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang)
    • (Webster 1913) ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • hernia
  • belly