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Exclamation vs Fore - What's the difference?

exclamation | fore |

As nouns the difference between exclamation and fore

is that 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 while fore is the front; the foreward part of something; the foreground.

As a adjective fore is

(obsolete) former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.

As a interjection fore is

(golf) an exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.

As a verb fore is

(fare).

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

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    Anagrams

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    fore

    English

    Etymology 1

    A development of the prefix .

    Adjective

  • (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.
    • the fore part of the day
  • Forward; situated towards the front (of something).
    • the fore end of a wagon
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 23:
    • Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop [...].
    Antonyms
    * (order) latter * (location) aft

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
    • The fore was painted white.
  • * 2002 , Mark Bevir, The Logic of the History of Ideas :
    • People face a dilemma whenever they bring to the fore an understanding that appears inadequate in the light of the other beliefs they bring to bear on it.
    Related terms
    * fore-and-aft * foremost * forehead

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
  • (obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are.
  • (nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.

    • Etymology 2

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (fare)

    • Anagrams

    * * * English irregular simple past forms ----