Er vs Erm - What's the difference?
er | erm |
(informal) To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found almost exclusively in the phrase um and er .
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In uk terms the difference between er and erm
is that er is Said when hesitating in speech.erm is Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.In computing terms the difference between er and erm
is that er is abbreviation of wikipedia:entity-relationship model|entity-relationship model|lang=en while erm is initialism of w:Enterprise relationship management|Enterprise Relationship Management|lang=en.As a verb er
is to utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found almost exclusively in the phrase um and er.As an abbreviation ER
is abbreviation of w:Elizabeth Regina|Elizabeth Regina|lang=en.As an initialism ERM is
initialism of w:Enterprise relationship management|Enterprise Relationship Management|lang=en.er
English
Verb
- He ummed and erred his way through the presentation.
See also
* uhStatistics
*Anagrams
* English two-letter words ----erm
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- She was going to, erm ... the salon, I think.
- Erm , I don't think that was supposed to happen.
- - Bob would never say something like that!
- Erm , he just did.