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Hem vs Herm - What's the difference?

hem | herm |


As nouns the difference between hem and herm

is that hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention while herm is a rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.

As an interjection hem

is used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a verb hem

is to make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.

As a pronoun hem

is obsolete form of 'em|lang=en.

As a proper noun Herm is

one of the the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

As an abbreviation herm is

abbreviation of hermaphrodite.

Hem vs Chem - What's the difference?

hem | chem |


As nouns the difference between hem and chem

is that hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention or hem can be (sewing) the border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying while chem is (slang|college) ; commonly capitalized, short for the subject or the department.

As an interjection hem

is used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a verb hem

is to make the sound expressed by the word hem ; to hesitate in speaking or hem can be (in sewing) to make a hem.

As a pronoun hem

is .

Hem vs Hew - What's the difference?

hem | hew |


In transitive terms the difference between hem and hew

is that hem is : To surround something or someone in a confining way while hew is to shape; to form.

As nouns the difference between hem and hew

is that hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention while hew is hue; colour.

As verbs the difference between hem and hew

is that hem is to make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking while hew is to chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

As an interjection hem

is used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a pronoun hem

is obsolete form of 'em|lang=en.

Hem vs Sem - What's the difference?

hem | sem |


As nouns the difference between hem and sem

is that hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention while sem is abbreviation of lang=en.

As an interjection hem

is used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a verb hem

is to make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.

As a pronoun hem

is obsolete form of 'em|lang=en.

As an abbreviation Sem is

semitic.

As an initialism SEM is

scanning electron microscope.

Hem vs Hyem - What's the difference?

hem | hyem |


As nouns the difference between hem and hyem

is that hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention or hem can be (sewing) the border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying while hyem is (geordie) home.

As an interjection hem

is used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a verb hem

is to make the sound expressed by the word hem ; to hesitate in speaking or hem can be (in sewing) to make a hem.

As a pronoun hem

is .

Hem vs Wem - What's the difference?

hem | wem |


As nouns the difference between hem and wem

is that hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention while wem is a spot; stain; mark; scar; weal; bruise.

As verbs the difference between hem and wem

is that hem is to make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking while wem is to injure or disfigure; blemish; mark; scar.

As an interjection hem

is used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a pronoun hem

is obsolete form of 'em|lang=en.

Hem vs Heh - What's the difference?

hem | heh |


As interjections the difference between hem and heh

is that hem is used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound while heh is weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom.

As a noun hem

is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

As a verb hem

is to make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.

As a pronoun hem

is obsolete form of 'em|lang=en.

Hem vs Rem - What's the difference?

hem | rem |


As nouns the difference between hem and rem

is that hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention or hem can be (sewing) the border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying while rem is obstacle.

As an interjection hem

is used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a verb hem

is to make the sound expressed by the word hem ; to hesitate in speaking or hem can be (in sewing) to make a hem.

As a pronoun hem

is .

Hem vs Hmm - What's the difference?

hem | hmm |


As an interjection hem

is used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a noun hem

is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention or hem can be (sewing) the border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.

As a verb hem

is to make the sound expressed by the word hem ; to hesitate in speaking or hem can be (in sewing) to make a hem.

As a pronoun hem

is .

As an initialism hmm is

(computer science) hidden markov model.

Hem vs Helm - What's the difference?

hem | helm |


As nouns the difference between hem and helm

is that hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention while helm is the steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.

As verbs the difference between hem and helm

is that hem is to make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking while helm is to be a helmsman or a member of the helm; to be in charge of steering the boat.

As an interjection hem

is used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a pronoun hem

is obsolete form of 'em|lang=en.

As a proper noun Helm is

the only named wind in the British Isles. Blows westward form the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar.

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