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Emo vs Ems - What's the difference?

emo | ems |

As nouns the difference between emo and ems

is that emo is a particular style of hardcore punk rock while ems is plural of lang=en.

As proper nouns the difference between emo and ems

is that emo is a village in Ireland while Ems is a nickname for Emma or Emily.

As an adjective emo

is emotional; sensitive.

emo

English

(wikipedia emo)

Noun

  • A particular style of hardcore punk rock
  • An individual or group of people associated with that subculture and musical style.
  • Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional
  • An individual or group of people associated with a fashion or stereotype of that style of rock.
  • A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (often, pejorative) Emotional; sensitive.
  • (informal, often, pejorative) Depressed.
  • * 2008 , Vanity Fair (issue 578)
  • Criticism drapes a black velvet cape across the puddle that interrupts the path to change, to be emo about it.
  • Associated with youth subcultures embodying emotional sensitivity.
  • * 2007 , James A. Reinking, Robert Von Der Osten, Strategies for successful writing
  • The one thing everyone agrees on is that they've never encountered a band that claimed to be emo .
  • * 2012 , Megan Bostic, Never Eighteen
  • Trevor looks kind of emo , rail thin, dark hair, guyliner, wears black all the time.

    Derived terms

    * emotard

    Anagrams

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    ems

    English

    (wikipedia EMS) ===(en)=== (en-initialism)
  • (business) electronics manufacturing service: a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
  • (US, medicine) : an organization, often part of a local government whose purpose is to provide emergency medical care to the public.
  • (business) service: a type of international express mail services.
  • (dated, computing)
  • See also

    * (computing) UMA , UMB , HMA

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