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Exclamation vs Crikey - What's the difference?

exclamation | crikey |

As a noun exclamation

is a loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.

As a interjection crikey is

used as an exclamation of astonishment, or as an emphasis of fact at the conclusion of a statement.

exclamation

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
  • A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
  • A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; – also called an exclamation point.

    • Derived terms

    * exclamation mark * exclamation point

    Related terms

    * exclaim * exclamatory

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    crikey

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Used as an exclamation of astonishment, or as an emphasis of fact at the conclusion of a statement.
    • Crikey , that’s a big one!

    Usage notes

    No longer used in North America.

    Synonyms

    * criminy, cripes, crivvens

    Anagrams

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