Eek vs Eww - What's the difference?
eek | eww |
Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.
The shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.
To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.
* 2009 , Paul Gelder, Yachting Monthly's Further Confessions
* 2011 , Isaac E. Washington, The Stars in My Dreams (page 106)
As a proper noun eek
is a river in alaska.As an interjection eww is
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English
Interjection
Verb
(en verb)- She was dangling the mouse by its tail, but as it tried to arch upwards and bite, she started to jig about wildly The anglers had watched a beautiful young woman dance naked beneath a full moon to the feverish rhythm of unworldly eeking noises!
- We saw a frog and she eeked in terror again from the sight of it hopping near her.