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Er vs Um - What's the difference?

er | um |

As interjections the difference between er and um

is that er is Said when hesitating in speech.um is expression of confusion or space filler in conversation. See uh.

As verbs the difference between er and um

is that er is to utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found almost exclusively in the phrase um and er while um is to make the um sound to express confusion or hesitancy.

As an abbreviation ER

is abbreviation of w:Elizabeth Regina|Elizabeth Regina|lang=en.

As a preposition um is

alternative form of lang=en.

As a noun um is

an alternative spelling of µm|lang=en.

As an initialism UM is

unmounted mint.

er

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (UK)

    • Verb

  • (informal) To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found almost exclusively in the phrase um and er .
    • He ummed and erred his way through the presentation.

    See also

    * uh

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    um

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) um, from (etyl) um, . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)

    • Etymology 2

    (en)

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (chiefly, American) Expression of confusion or space filler in conversation. See uh.
    • Um , I don’t know.
    Let’s see... um ... how about this?
  • (chiefly, American)
  • *1963 , (Kurt Vonnegut), Cat's Cradle , Dell Publishing Co., Inc., p. 65:
  • *:"About the same, wherever you go," he agreed.
  • *:"Um ," I said.

    • Verb

    (umm)
  • To make the um sound to express confusion or hesitancy.

    • Etymology 3

    A Latin-script rendering of .

    Noun

    (um)

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